Microsoft Releases Windows 95 in North America – August 24, 1995

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four. Date: June 9, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Date: February 3, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1995Valeri Polyakov…

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board. Date: August 21, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…

Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-67, carrying the ASTRO-2 spacelab observatory. Date: March 2, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1995Hydroxycarbamide First Approved Preventive Sickle Cell Treatment, January 30,…

While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board. Date: May 24, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865. Date: March 16, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day…