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28 May 1995 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 May 1995 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan.
- Top Film of 1995
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1995 was Toy Story.
- Bestselling Novel of 1995
- “The Rainmaker” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1995.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “ER” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1995–96 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 May 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 May 1995 was New Moon.
On this day: 28 May
- 1991 The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
- 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
- 1998 Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
- 1999 In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
- 2002 The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
Famous people born on May 28
- Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1968)
- Carey Mulligan, English actress (born 1985)
- Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician (born 1971)
- Cameron Boyce, American actor (1999–2019)
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Events of 1995 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 27 – In Denver, Colorado, Stapleton Airport closes and is replaced by the new Denver International Airport, the largest in the United States.
- March 27 – The 67th Academy Awards, hosted by David Letterman, are held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump winning six awards out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- June 23 – Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd feature film, Pocahontas, is released, garnering a predominately mixed reception (the first Disney animated film to do so since 1988's Oliver & Company) but strong financial success.
Life in the US in 1995
President
Bill Clinton
Gas (per gallon)
$1.15
Loaf of Bread
$0.93
Average House
$133,900
Weekly Wage
$474
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