Flashback

Technology 1995

  • Windows 95 released by Microsoft
  • JavaScript was first introduced and deployed
  • Ebay started the online auction and shopping website, where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide.
  • Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
  • The US Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Mir space station on June 29 News Events for the first time.
  • The unmanned Galileo spacecraft arrives at the planet Jupiter
  • DVD, optical disc storage media format, is announced.
  • In southern France a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old.

Popular Films

  • Toy Story first ever wholly computer generated film
  • Batman Forever
  • Apollo 13
  • Pocahontas
  • Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
  • GoldenEye
  • Casper
  • Jumanji
  • Die Hard With a Vengeance
  • Braveheart

Popular Musicians

  • Supergrass
  • Deep Blue Something
  • Weezer
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Rage Against The Machine
  • Van Halen
  • Whitney Houston
  • Mariah Carey
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Madonna
  • Garth Brooks
  • Blues Traveler
  • Janet Jackson

Sports

  • Super Bowl
    • San Francisco d. San Diego
  • World Series
    • Atlanta Braves d. Cleveland (4-2)
  • NBA Championship
    • Houston d. Orlando
  • Stanley Cup
    • New Jersey d. Detroit
  • Wimbledon
    • Women: Steffi Graf d. A.S. Vicario (4-6 6-1 7-5)
      Men: Pete Sampras d. B. Becker (6-7 6-2 6-4 6-2)
  • Kentucky Derby Champion
    • Thunder Gulch
  • NCAA Basketball Championship
    • UCLA d. Arkansas
  • NCAA Football Champions
    • Nebraska (12-0-0)