A Look Back At

Born in 1995

What Was Life Like in 1995?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Pint of Beer

£1.40

Loaf of Bread

64p

Petrol (per litre)

50p

Average House

£56,955

Weekly Wage

£348.00

Value of Money

£1 in 1995 would be worth approximately £2.20 in today's money.

Events of 1995 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1995 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 16 February – Neil Kinnock, former Leader of the Labour Party, resigns from Parliament after twenty-five years to take up a new role as a European Commissioner, sparking a by-election in his Islwyn constituency in South Wales.
  • 16 April – PhONEday changes all telephone area dialing codes UK-wide.
  • 22 June – In an attempt to reassert his authority, John Major resigns as leader of the Conservative Party (but not as Prime Minister) triggering a leadership election.
  • 20 August – BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London, Europe's first traditional-style purpose-built Hindu temple (and England's largest), is inaugurated in Neasden.
  • 26 August – Middlesbrough F.C. move into their new 30,000-seat Riverside Stadium, to replace Ayresome Park which had been their home since 1903. Their new stadium is the largest club stadium to be built in England since the 1920s.
  • 2 October – Manchester band Oasis release their 2nd studio album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? which proves to be one of the most successful of all time.
  • 17 November – Launch of the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory including a Long Wave Spectrometer built in the UK.
  • 20 November – "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales" an episode of Panorama, is broadcast on BBC One in which Diana, Princess of Wales, is interviewed by Martin Bashir.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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