At A Glance

28 September 1995 at a glance

Day of the week
28 September 1995 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V..
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 September is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 September 1995 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 September 1995 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 28 September

  • 1986 The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
  • 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
  • 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
  • 2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
  • 2006 Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.

Famous people born on September 28

  • Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer (born 1968)
  • Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1987)
  • Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (1907–1931)
  • Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor and director (born 1982)

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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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