At A Glance

7 December 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
7 December 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 7 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 December 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 December 1995 was Full Moon.

On this day: 7 December

  • 1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
  • 1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
  • 2003 The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
  • 2014 The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
  • 2015 The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

Famous people born on 7 December

  • Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor (1987–2022)
  • Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity (born 1980)
  • Susan Collins, American politician (born 1952)
  • C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, (born 1966)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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