1995
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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Facts in Brief
US Population: 262,765,000 (est)
President: Bill Clinton | Vice President: Al Gore
Literacy: 120%
World Population: 5,555,555,555
Literacy: 13%
World Events
- Jan 26: Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
- Apr. 30: Hitler commits suicide.
- May 7: Germany surrenders, ending World War II in Europe.
- Apr. - June: San Francisco Conference establishes the United Nations.
- Aug. 6: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. On Aug. 8, another falls on Nagasaki.
- Sept. 2: Japan officially surrenders to the United States.
US Events
Apr. 12
FDR dies.
Jul. 18
First atomic bomb successfully tested at Alamagordo, NM.
Jul. 28
B-25 bomber flies into the Empire State building, killing 13.
Oct. 5
Meet the Press debuts on a New York radio station.
Entertainment
Top MoviesThe Lost Weekend, Mildred Pierce, National Velvet, The Picture of Dorian Gray | Popular Music"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe", "Let it Snow!", "If I loved You" | Best BooksJohn Steinbeck, Cannery Row; George Orwell, Animal Farm; Richard Wright, Black Boy |
Sports
World Series: Atlanta 7–0 Japan
Super Bowl:
Deaths
Apr. 12
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, xxth US President
Apr. 30
Adolph Hitler, German politician/madman
Nov. x
Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer
April
Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator
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George Patton, American WWII General
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