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24 May 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 May 1995 was a Wednesday.
- 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 24 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 May 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 May 1995 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 24 May
- 1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
- 1992 The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
- 1992 The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
- 1993 Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
- 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
Famous people born on 24 May
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
- Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
- Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman (born 1945)
- Alfred Molina, English actor (born 1953)
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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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