At A Glance

14 March 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
14 March 1995 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 1995
The Irish chart song for 1995 was “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio ft. L.V..
Top Film of 1995
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
Star sign
The star sign for 14 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 March 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 March 1995 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 14 March

  • 1988 In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
  • 1991 Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated.
  • 1995 Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
  • 2006 The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt ends in failure.
  • 2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods: Israeli troops raid an American-supervised Palestinian prison in Jericho to capture six Palestinian prisoners, including PFLP chief Ahmad Sa'adat.

Famous people born on 14 March

  • Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (1879–1955)
  • Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter (born 1999)
  • Michael Caine, English actor (born 1933)
  • Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)

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Events of 1995 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 March – The American embassy in Dublin wrote to the Department of Foreign Affairs to say that the United States space administration, NASA, might need to use Shannon Airport as a landing site for their Space Shuttles during possible launch emergencies.
  • 10 April – The Heritage Act 1995 was signed into law.
  • 23 May – President Robinson visited the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to express the thanks of the Irish people for a donation by the tribe to the starving people of Ireland during the Great Famine in April 1847.

Life in Ireland in 1995

Taoiseach

John Bruton

Petrol (per litre)

£1.65/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.73

Average House

£44,000

Weekly Wage

£105

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