Redditors who are old enough to remember, what was a unique event that took place in 1995?

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1. Pretty sure the first x games, then called the extreme games

2. Windows 95. It was a game changer.

3. OKC bombing.

4. [A subway train crash in Toronto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Russell_Hill_subway_accident) that took numerous lives and exposed an assortment of problems within the Toronto Transit Commission

5. Foo Fighters’ debut album

6. Opie and Anthony started their 3 year stint on WAAF radio in Boston.

7. For me personally, I was still dealing with the aftermath of an aircraft crash investigation and getting ready to ship out to S. Korea of 385 days.

8. Old enough to remember, bit can’t seem to recall any unique event.

9. O. J. was acquitted.

   The million man march.

   The Mexican peso had been devalued.

   The unibomber’s manifesto was released.

   NATO commensed bombing in Bosnia.

   Toy Story was released theatrically.

10. Heat wave in Chicago that killed lots of people. Mostly in poor communities.

11. I was 9 years old and probably playing with GI Joes

12. War in Bosnia&Hz ended in December 1995

13. Dance Mix ’95

14. Lawrence Taylor headlined Wrestlemania XI against Bam Bam Bigelow. Even as an 11 year old I went WTF

15. Sarin gas attack in Japan

16. The Quebec Nordiques became the Colorado Avalanche

17. Finland joined EU

18. I asked my wife out for the first time.

    She turned me down.

19. After years of isolation due to politics, My Country at last got to take part in the Rugby World Cup.

    We all thought that we wouldn’t do all that well, but it turned out that our local “Curry Cup” competitions were brutally tough, and had quite adequately prepared us

    And we won!

20. I was born

21. Barings bank collapse.

    Eric Cantona karate kicked a fan.

22. The Braves won the their 1st of 2 World Series in Atlanta

23. Finland won their first World Cup Championship in ice hockey.

    -95 never forget

24. Golden era of hip hop. So much good music. Tupac – Me Against The World.

25. Power Rangers movie was in theaters.

26. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: the Movie. Changed my life.

27. 2Pac dropped Me against the world

28. Jumanji came out.
    Reading back on the comments though, it was a pretty ordinary 90s year.

29. The [Aum Shin Rikyo cult](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo) bombed the Tokyo subway with Sarin gas.

30. Jerry Garcia died.

31. The Québec Nordiques went away 😔. Then they went on to win the Cup their very first year in Colorado during the 95-96 season. Although I’m 100% sure Montreal would’ve never traded Patrick Roy to Québec during that season, and he was a big part of their run.

32. Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s consecutive game record

33. Selena murdered by fan club president

    US-Vietnam relations restored

    Sony PlayStation released

    Yitzhak Rabin assassinated at peace rally

    FDA approves first drug to treat AIDS

    Mike Tyson released from prison

34. The original Mortal Kombat movie came out. That was pretty rad.

35. Got my first and only BJ while driving

36. Famous singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez was shot and murdered by the president of her fan club.