At A Glance

3 January 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
3 January 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 3 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 January 1995 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 January 1995 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 3 January

  • 1990 United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • 1993 In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
  • 1999 The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
  • 2002 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
  • 2009 The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Famous people born on 3 January

  • Florence Pugh, English actress (born 1996)
  • Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
  • Michael Schumacher, German racing driver (born 1969)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (1892–1973)

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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.
More events of 1995 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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