At A Glance

5 July 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
5 July 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 5 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 5 July 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 5 July 1995 was First Quarter.

On this day: 5 July

  • 1989 Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
  • 1994 Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.
  • 1995 Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1996 Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
  • 1999 U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Famous people born on 5 July

  • Sombr, American singer and songwriter (born 2005)
  • Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
  • Edie Falco, American actress (born 1963)
  • Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor[citation needed] (born 1987)

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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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