Past year · United States
The year of the Oklahoma City bombing, the O.J. Simpson verdict, Windows 95 and Cal Ripken's 2,131
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Free printable 1995 calendars: the Year PDF fits all twelve months on one US Letter page, and the Monthly PDF gives each month its own page with holidays written in the day boxes. Both are landscape and print well on A4 with "fit to page".
1995 had 10 federal holidays. The list below also includes 30 widely observed religious, cultural and civic dates, the start of each season and the daylight saving time changes. Federal holidays are shaded red on the calendar.
Observed dates in 1995: New Year's Day fell on a Sunday, so the federal day off was Monday, January 2, 1995. Veterans Day fell on a Saturday, so the federal day off was Friday, November 10, 1995.
| Date | Holiday or observance | Type |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
| 1 Sun | New Year's Day · observed Jan 2 | Federal holiday |
| 2 Mon | New Year's Day (observed) New Year's Day fell on a Sunday, so federal employees had Monday, January 2, 1995 off. | Federal holiday |
| 16 Mon | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal holiday |
| 31 Tue | Lunar New Year | Cultural |
| February | ||
| 1 Wed | Ramadan begins Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 2 Thu | Groundhog Day | Observance |
| 14 Tue | Valentine's Day | Observance |
| 20 Mon | Presidents' Day The official federal name is Washington's Birthday. | Federal holiday |
| 28 Tue | Mardi Gras | Cultural |
| March | ||
| 1 Wed | Ash Wednesday | Religious |
| 3 Fri | Eid al-Fitr Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 17 Fri | St. Patrick's Day | Observance |
| 20 Mon | March Equinox (Spring begins) At 9:14 p.m. ET. | Season |
| April | ||
| 1 Sat | April Fools' Day | Observance |
| 2 Sun | Daylight Saving Time begins Clocks move forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time (except Arizona and Hawaii). | Clock change |
| 14 Fri | Good Friday | Religious |
| 15 Sat | Passover (first day) Begins at sundown on Friday, April 14, 1995. | Religious |
| 16 Sun | Easter Sunday | Religious |
| 22 Sat | Earth Day | Observance |
| May | ||
| 5 Fri | Cinco de Mayo | Cultural |
| 10 Wed | Eid al-Adha Date follows the Umm al-Qura calculation. Many US communities rely on moon sighting, so the day observed can differ by one day. | Religious |
| 14 Sun | Mother's Day | Observance |
| 29 Mon | Memorial Day | Federal holiday |
| June | ||
| 14 Wed | Flag Day | Observance |
| 18 Sun | Father's Day | Observance |
| 19 Mon | Juneteenth Recognized by many states at the time. It became a federal holiday in 2021. | Observance |
| 21 Wed | June Solstice (Summer begins) At 4:34 p.m. ET. | Season |
| July | ||
| 4 Tue | Independence Day | Federal holiday |
| September | ||
| 4 Mon | Labor Day | Federal holiday |
| 10 Sun | National Grandparents Day | Observance |
| 23 Sat | September Equinox (Fall begins) At 8:13 a.m. ET. | Season |
| 25 Mon | Rosh Hashanah Begins at sundown on Sunday, September 24, 1995. | Religious |
| October | ||
| 4 Wed | Yom Kippur Begins at sundown on Tuesday, October 3, 1995. | Religious |
| 9 Mon | Columbus Day Many states and cities observe Indigenous Peoples' Day on this date. | Federal holiday |
| 29 Sun | Daylight Saving Time ends Clocks move back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time. | Clock change |
| 31 Tue | Halloween | Observance |
| November | ||
| 10 Fri | Veterans Day (observed) Veterans Day fell on a Saturday, so federal employees had Friday, November 10, 1995 off. | Federal holiday |
| 11 Sat | Veterans Day · observed Nov 10 | Federal holiday |
| 23 Thu | Thanksgiving Day | Federal holiday |
| 24 Fri | Black Friday | Observance |
| December | ||
| 18 Mon | Hanukkah (first day) Begins at sundown on Sunday, December 17, 1995. | Religious |
| 22 Fri | December Solstice (Winter begins) At 3:17 a.m. ET. | Season |
| 24 Sun | Christmas Eve | Observance |
| 25 Mon | Christmas Day | Federal holiday |
| 26 Tue | Kwanzaa begins | Cultural |
| 31 Sun | New Year's Eve | Observance |
History
Americans started 1995 with a new balance of power in Washington. On January 4 the 104th Congress convened with Republicans controlling both the House and the Senate for the first time since the early 1950s, and Newt Gingrich became Speaker. The spring brought the worst act of homegrown terrorism in US history, when the April 19 bombing in Oklahoma City killed 168 people. All year, the O.J. Simpson murder trial played out on live television until the not guilty verdict on October 3, and the budget fight between President Bill Clinton and Congress closed much of the federal government twice, starting November 14 and again December 16.
It was also the year the internet and the personal computer moved into ordinary homes. Amazon.com opened as an online bookstore on July 16, and Microsoft's Windows 95 went on sale on August 24 with its new Start button. Wall Street kept climbing, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 4,000 for the first time in February and above 5,000 in November. In theaters, Forrest Gump won best picture in March, and Pixar's Toy Story arrived on November 22 as the first feature made entirely with computer animation. Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" finished as the top song of the year.
Baseball came back on April 2 after a 232-day strike that had canceled the 1994 World Series, and Cal Ripken Jr. gave the sport a lift on September 6 by playing his 2,131st straight game. The Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland for the title. In space, Atlantis docked with Russia's Mir station in June, and NASA's Galileo reached Jupiter on December 7. The year ended with the government still partly closed and the Dayton peace agreement for Bosnia signed in Paris.
The 104th Congress convened with Republican majorities in both the House and the Senate for the first time since 1953-55, and Newt Gingrich was elected Speaker. House Republicans moved quickly on their Contract with America agenda and had passed most of it by early April. Gingrich was later Time magazine's pick for 1995.
San Francisco beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami. Quarterback Steve Young threw a Super Bowl record six touchdown passes and was named MVP, and Jerry Rice caught three of them. The win made the 49ers the first NFL franchise with five Super Bowl titles.
At 9:02 a.m., a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children, and injuring more than 680. A trooper stopped the bomber on Interstate 35 about 90 minutes later. It remains the deadliest act of homegrown terrorism in US history.
Read the full storyOn mission STS-71, the 100th US human space launch, Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Mir space station. Joined together, the two spacecraft weighed almost half a million pounds. Atlantis brought American astronaut Norman Thagard and two cosmonauts home on July 7 after more than 100 days in orbit.
Chicago's Midway Airport reached 106 degrees on July 13, with afternoon heat index values near 125. The National Weather Service counts more than 500 deaths in Chicago alone, with elderly residents especially vulnerable. The disaster led the city and forecasters to adopt new extreme heat warning criteria.
Jeff Bezos's company, founded a year earlier in a garage in Bellevue, Washington, opened its website for business. The first book sold was Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. Within two months Amazon had shipped orders to all 50 states and more than 45 countries, and weekly sales had reached $20,000.
Windows 95 went on sale with a new Start button, taskbar, long file names and Plug and Play hardware setup. Microsoft launched it with a Redmond event and the Rolling Stones song Start Me Up. About 1 million copies shipped in four days, and Microsoft reported 40 million units shipped by the first anniversary.
Read the full storyBaltimore's Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record, which had stood for 56 years, and homered in a 4-2 win over the California Angels. Fans at Camden Yards stopped the game for about 22 minutes. Coming months after a strike that canceled the 1994 World Series, the night gave baseball a welcome lift.
Read the full storyA Los Angeles jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman after about four hours of deliberation. The verdict ended a trial that began January 24 and was watched live by tens of millions. A civil jury found him liable for both deaths in February 1997.
Read the full storyHundreds of thousands of Black men gathered in Washington, D.C., for a day focused on atonement, responsibility and community self-help. The National Park Service estimated about 400,000 people, while a Boston University team estimated about 837,000. Speakers included Louis Farrakhan, who issued the call, Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou and Jesse Jackson.
A budget dispute between President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress, including a fight over Medicare premiums, closed much of the federal government from November 14 to 19 and furloughed about 800,000 workers. A second shutdown began December 16 and lasted 21 days, ending January 6, 1996.
After three weeks of talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, led by US envoy Richard Holbrooke, the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia initialed a peace deal. It was formally signed in Paris on December 14, and a NATO-led force began deploying on December 20.
Pixar and Disney released Toy Story, directed by John Lasseter, with Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. It earned $29.1 million in its first weekend and became the top-grossing film of 1995 in the US. Pixar went public a week later.
Read the full storySix years after launch from the space shuttle, Galileo arrived at Jupiter. Its probe plunged into the atmosphere at about 106,000 mph and sent back data for 58 minutes as it descended through the clouds. The orbiter then fired its engine to enter orbit and kept working until 2003.
Gold dots on the calendar above mark these dates. Articles are researched from primary and authoritative sources listed on each page.
At a glance
Quick facts about 1995 — from key dates and calendar statistics to major events and achievements.
Important dates in 1995
Wood Pig
Notable winners and milestones in 1995
How many of each weekday 1995 had.
How many of each weekday 1995 had. A common year has 52 of every weekday plus one extra—the weekday it starts on; a leap year gets two extras.
Sky calendar
All times are US Eastern Time, calculated with standard astronomical algorithms (Meeus). Dates can differ by a day in other time zones.
Monday, March 20, 1995
9:14 p.m. ET
Wednesday, June 21, 1995
4:34 p.m. ET
Saturday, September 23, 1995
8:13 a.m. ET
Friday, December 22, 1995
3:17 a.m. ET
Sunday, April 2, 1995. Clocks move forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time (except Arizona and Hawaii).
Clock changeSunday, October 29, 1995. Clocks move back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time.
| Month | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
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| January | 1 5:55 a.m. 30 5:47 p.m. | 8 10:46 a.m. | 16 3:26 p.m. | 23 11:58 p.m. |
| February | — | 7 7:54 a.m. | 15 7:15 a.m. | 22 8:03 a.m. |
| March | 1 6:47 a.m. 30 9:08 p.m. | 9 5:13 a.m. | 16 8:25 p.m. | 23 3:09 p.m. |
| April | 29 1:36 p.m. | 8 1:34 a.m. | 15 8:08 a.m. | 21 11:18 p.m. |
| May | 29 5:27 a.m. | 7 5:43 p.m. | 14 4:48 p.m. | 21 7:35 a.m. |
| June | 27 8:49 p.m. | 6 6:25 a.m. | 13 12:03 a.m. | 19 6:00 p.m. |
| July | 27 11:12 a.m. | 5 4:02 p.m. | 12 6:49 a.m. | 19 7:09 a.m. |
| August | 26 12:31 a.m. | 3 11:16 p.m. | 10 2:15 p.m. | 17 11:04 p.m. |
| September | 24 12:54 p.m. | 2 5:03 a.m. | 8 11:36 p.m. | 16 5:10 p.m. |
| October | 24 12:36 a.m. | 1 10:36 a.m. 30 4:16 p.m. | 8 11:51 a.m. | 16 12:26 p.m. |
| November | 22 10:42 a.m. | 29 1:27 a.m. | 7 2:20 a.m. | 15 6:39 a.m. |
| December | 21 9:22 p.m. | 28 2:06 p.m. | 6 8:26 p.m. | 15 12:30 a.m. |
Reuse your calendar
Every year that starts on a Sunday and is a common (non-leap) year has exactly the same dates and weekdays as 1995. That means a printed 1995 calendar works again in 2006, 2017, 2023.Holidays tied to the moon, such as Easter, will still move.
Why calendars repeatFAQ
1995 started on a Sunday (January 1, 1995) and ended on a Sunday (December 31, 1995). It had 365 days, 52 ISO weeks and 250 working days once federal holidays are excluded.
No. 1995 was a common year with 365 days, so February had 28 days. The nearest leap years were 1992 and 1996. See leap years explained.
1978, 1989, 2006, 2017, 2023 share the exact same calendar as 1995: they start on a Sunday and are common years. A 1995 calendar can be reused in 2006, 2017, 2023. Use the same calendar year finder for any other year.
Thanksgiving Day 1995 was on Thursday, November 23, 1995. Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday in November, so it can fall between November 22 and November 28. Read more about Thanksgiving.
Easter Sunday 1995 was on Sunday, April 16, 1995, with Good Friday on Friday, April 14, 1995. Western Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. See how the date of Easter is calculated.
1995 is the Year of the Wood Pig, which began with Lunar New Year on Tuesday, January 31, 1995. Anyone born between January 1 and January 30, 1995 belongs to the previous zodiac year, the Wood Dog.
Bill Clinton (Democratic) was the 42nd president throughout 1995, with Al Gore as vice president.
There were 10 federal holidays in 1995. When a holiday lands on a Saturday, federal employees get the Friday before off; a Sunday holiday moves to Monday. See how federal holidays work.