At A Glance

6 April 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
6 April 1995 was a Thursday.
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 6 April is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 6 April 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 6 April 1995 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 6 April

  • 1985 Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.
  • 1992 The Bosnian War begins.
  • 1998 Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
  • 2004 Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from office by impeachment.
  • 2005 Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

Famous people born on 6 April

  • Paul Rudd, American actor (born 1969)
  • Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1975)
  • Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist (born 1976)
  • Charlie McDermott, American actor (born 1990)

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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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