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August 24 - Windows 95 released

As the ban now lifted for 1995, we can now talks about perhaps the most infamous terrorist attack of the 90s: Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack.

Can any historians tell us more regarding that attack? Who are the people who committed that act? What is the motive for such attacks? How the attack affects Japan society? Any relevant contexts we should be aware of when talking about that attack?

in regard to Toy Story. how common was the issue of getting "snakes in your boots" for a cowboy of the old west?

Oh god.. 1995 was TWENTY years ago?!?

You forgot the FDA approval of the first protease inhibitor! 1995 was the beginning of the end of the AIDS crisis (but of course, not of the AIDS epidemic.) Bring on the questions!

Regarding the Srebrenica massacre, how did the Serbian population react immediately after it became public knowledge? Were there protests, or was it ignored? And how is it viewed today? Are there any known reactions from participating soldiers?

And seeing the failure of the UN peacekeeping troops there - just one year after the Rwandan genocide, was there any real change on how they went to or behaved on such missions? I know Kofi Annan lead an official investigation, but did that actually accomplish anything?

Well I did this last year so might as well do it again. Time to talk about 1995 in the movies.

• Lars von Trier, noted Danish filmmaker/supervillain, publishes the Dogme 95 manifesto, detailing his vision for a new, more pure mode of filmmaking. Since they didn't get around to releasing a film until 98 (Really, 99), I get a couple more years of not talking about him.
• Lumière and Company, a collection of shorts made with original Lumière cameras, is released just in time for the celebration of (Drumroll) 100 years of cinema, counting of course from the original Lumière camera demonstrations. The 41 directors tapped to direct the shorts contain a number of recognisable names: Peter Greenaway, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee, David Lynch, and Wim Wenders.
• The top-grossing film of 1995 is Die Hard with a Vengeance, which is a lot less interesting than Toy Story which makes it to second place. Toy Story's status as a cinematic first (First commercially succesful computer-animated feature, first Pixar movie, first John Lasseter feature...) is obvious. It also continues Tom Hank's reign of terror from last year (With 1994's Forrest Gump).
• Waterworld has the dubious honor of being both ranked ninth on the worldwide gross chart, and a flop. It cost a staggering (At the time) $175 million to make - then the most expensive film of all time. It managed to just about break even after making a less staggering $88 million domestically.
• Other notable and/or good films from 1995: *The Celluloid Closet, Hackers, In the Mouth of Madness, Seven, 12 Monkeys, The Usual Suspects.

Oh man. Have fun with those OKC bombing conspiracy theorists.

January 11: NHL ends 103 lockout of players, the first of three lockouts (to date), and second labour stoppage in NHL history (the NHLPA, players union, had a 10 day strike in April 1992).

June 24: New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup, largely due to their "neutral zone trap" style of play. Commentators argue that this would lead to the "dead puck era" of the late 1990s-early 2000s, which saw a massive decrease in scoring.

December 9: Patrick Roy is left in net for the Montreal Canadiens during a game against the Detroit Red Wings for 9 goals in an 11-1 loss. After finally being pulled, Roy, who's relationship with the Canadiens' coach and management had deteriorated by that point, told team president Ronald Corey (who was sitting right behind the bench) that he had played his last game as a Canadien. Four days later Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche. It marked the end of an era for one of the best goaltenders in NHL history, who left the team he had won two Stanley Cups with and had become the latest French-Canadian icon. Though this happens in 1996, I'll note that he won the Stanley Cup again with the Avalanche that year (and again in 2001).

Just some of the key events in the hockey world that occurred in 1995.

March 14 - Joint US/Soviet Soyuz TM-21 mission

May want to recheck that one. One of those states wasn't exactly around by 1995 anymore.

I foresee a lot of questions about OJ in particular.

Calvin and Hobbes ended twenty years ago? D:

Is it still too early to ask my Suge Knight question?

June 15 - I graduated high school

So just to have this clarified: the cutoff date isn't 20 years, it's 19 years and 1 day?

Woohoo, I’ve been waiting for this thread! 1995 in New Zealand:

• The Cave Creek Disaster was on 28 April — a viewing platform collapsed into a gorge, killing 13 students and a Department of Conservation worker
• Flight 703 crashed, killing four people on board
• In television: Hercules, Xena Warrior Princess, and Mirror Mirror started airing; Son of a Gunn stopped airing
• TV1 and TV3 both commenced 24/7 broadcasting
• The Warriors joined the Australian Rugby League as the first NZ team

What exactly is the 20 year rule? Does that mean I can't ask questions about history that happened since 1995?

Can anyone explain what events led up to/the driving reason behind the Bosnian War? I was to young to understand it, it wasn't really covered in any classes I've ever took, and my Uncle (who was there) chooses not to speak about it.

August 4th - Operation "Storm" ("Oluja") started in which Croatian army cleansed the areas formerly held by Serb rebels - approximately 2000 civilians were killed and another 250,000 fled.

Basketball cards - my fondest memory of 1995 was basketball cards. One thing I recall is the insane value some of them were fetching according to sources like Beckett's. What led to the price rise during this period and what led to its eventual decline?

You forgot probably the most important one. Netscape went public in one of the first IPOs where the company made no money.

That IPO is credited with started the dot com boom that make lots of millionaires in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Wow, it's been 20 years since Calvin and Hobbes ended. I am old. :/

How close was St. Louis to getting one of the NFL expansion teams? Purple Stallions represent!

Soooo... did Toy Story kill Calvin and Hobbes?

Just kidding. But I can't wait for all the Calvin and Hobbes threads! ;)

Toy Story questions finally!!

TIL of the Russell Hill Subway Accident. And I live almost right over where it happened.

Dominque Moceanu becomes the youngest ever national gymnastics champion of the USA at age 13. She would have an infamous career.

Didn't the FOX NEWS CHANNEL start in 1995?

Best event of 95: the team of the 90's got their World Series championship!

Now if only it would happen now that I am in my mid 20s

Ah, but you forgot the most important event of all - my birth!