Today is Madison's Birthday 🎉
American Home-Grown Terrorism: Oklahoma City Bombing: a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people and injured nearly 700 people.
The Top Song was One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
Influential Songs include: I Wish by Skee-Lo, I Like It, I Love It by Tim McGraw, This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan and You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette.
The Movies to Watch include Toy Story, Apollo 13, 12 Monkeys, Babe, Jumanji, Braveheart, and Mr. Holland’s Opus.
The Java computer language was invented.
People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: Brad Pitt
Notable books include The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Price of Ballpark Hot Dogs, 16 oz: $1.49
Price of IBM Aptiva 486DX2-66 Computer, with the monitor, in 1995: $1799.00
Forbes Magazine announced that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $12.9 billion.
1 ounce of gold value: $387.00
The Funny Late Night Host: Jay Leno
The Funny Late Late Night Host: Tom Snyder
The Conversation: Did O.J. Simpson kill his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman?
The Private Conversation: During the filming of Batman Forever, Jim Carrey approached Tommy Lee Jones to say hello. Jones replied, “I hate you. I really don’t like you… I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”
The year of the pig
Blue M&Ms didn’t exist until 1995 when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. The color choice was pink, blue or purple… blue won.
Dolly (the clone) the Sheep was born on July 5th and lived for seven years.
La Chupacabra, the legendary goat sucking beast was first named by Silverio PĂ©rez, a Puerto Rican comedian, in March of 1995.
Sports:
World Series Champions: Atlanta Braves
Super Bowl XXIX Champions: San Francisco 49ers
NBA Champions: Houston Rockets
Stanley Cup Champs: New Jersey Devils
U.S. Open Golf Corey Pavin
U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Pete Sampras/Steffi Graf
Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Steffi Graf
NCAA Football Champions: Nebraska
NCAA Basketball Champions: UCLA
Kentucky Derby: Thunder Gulch