1995
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1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar, the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s decade
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020s |
| Years: | 1992 1993 1994 – 1995 – 1996 1997 1998 |
Events
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- January 1 – Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the EU.
- January 2 – Former President of Somalia, Siyad Barre died. He had been ousted in 1991.
- January 6 to January 7 – A chemical fire happened in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen led by watch commander Aida Fariscal and investigators found a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. The mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, was arrested one month later
- January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completed 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station breaking a duration record.
- January 16 – An avalanche hit the village of Sudavik in Iceland's West Fjords, killing 14 people.
- January 17 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake called "the Great Hanshin earthquake" happened near Kōbe, Japan, causing great property damage and killing 6,433 people
- January 24 – The prosecution delivered its opening statement in the O. J. Simpson murder trial.
- January 30 – John Howard became leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
- January 31 – United States President Bill Clinton used emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avoid financial collapse.
- February 21 – Steve Fossett landed in Leader, Saskatchewan, having set a record for a solo balloon flight across the Pacific Ocean.
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March 20 – Tokyo subway sarin attack: Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas on five subway trains in Tokyo, killing 12 people and injuring 5,510.
- March 22 – Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after 438 days in space.
- March 26 — Eazy-E, an American rapper, died of AIDS.
- March 31 – Selena, an American singer, was murdered by Yolanda Saldivar.
- April 19 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols set off a bomb outside the Alfred P. Murrah building, killing 168 people.
- April 28 – A gas explosion on the subway construction site in Daegu, South Korea, killed 101 people, mainly teenage boys.
- May 16 – Japanese police raided the headquarters of the Aum Shinrikyo cult near Mt. Fuji, arresting its leader, Shoko Asahara.
- May 17 – Jacques Chirac became President of France.
- May 28 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits Neftegorsk, Russia, killing at least 2000 people.
- June 13 – Jacques Chirac announced the continuation of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- June 16 – Salt Lake City announced as the host city of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- June 29 – The roof collapsed at the Sampoong shopping centre in Seoul, South Korea.
- July 11 – Srebrenica massacre: Bosniak Serbs killed more than 8,000 people-most men and boys, in Europe's worst post-World War II massacre.
- July 18 – The Soufriere Hills volcano began erupting on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
- July 21 – The People's Liberation Army fired missiles into waters north of Taiwan.
- August 6 – The 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing is commemorated.
- August 24 – Microsoft released Windows 95.
- August 29 – President of the Republic of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze survived an assassination attempt.
- September 4 – eBay was founded.
- September 27 – Bob Denard's mercenaries captured President Said Mohammad Djohor of the Comoros.
- October – The stoner rock icon Kyuss announced they would take an indefinite hiatus. The group did not completely disband until 2 years later.
- October 1 – Ten people are convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- October 3 – The britpop band Oasis released their breakthrough album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.
- October 3 – O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- October 17 – At the age of 120 years, 238 days, Jeanne Calment was confirmed as the oldest human on record.
- October 26 – An avalanche hit the village of Flateyri in Iceland's West Fjords.
- October 28 – The Baku metro fire killed 289 people.
- October 30 – Voters in Quebec narrowly rejected independence from Canada in a referendum.
- November 4 – Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin was shot dead by Yigal Amir at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
- November 10 – Nigerian human rights activists, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa were executed.
- November 21 – Dayton Peace Agreement, the end of the civil war in Bosnia and Croatia.
- November 30 – Javier Solana became NATO Secretary-General.
- December 20 – American Airlines Flight 965 crashed in Colombia, killing 159 people.
- December 30 – The UK's coldest temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands of Scotland at -27.2 degrees Celsius.
- December 31 – After 10 years, Bill Watterson, ended his legendary Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
- Puzzle Bobble was created, a video game popular worldwide.
Births
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- January 5 – Bianca Censori, Australian architectural designer
- June 30 - Petronela Costea, Romanian guitarist (Trupa Sportului)
- July 4 – Post Malone, American rapper
- July 9 – Georgie Henley, English actress
- August 15 – Chief Keef, American rapper
- August 22 – Dua Lipa, English singer
- October 21 – Doja Cat, American singer and rapper
- November 3 – Kendall Jenner, American model and television personality
- November 16 – Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
Deaths
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- January 1 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (b. 1902)
- January 2 – Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. 1919)
- January 2 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
- January 6 – Joe Slovo, ANC activist and South African minister of Housing (b. 1926)
- January 6 – Agustín Gaínza, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
- January 7 – Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
- January 8 – Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (b. 1942)
- January 9 – Gisela Mauermayer, German discus thrower (b. 1913)
- January 9 – Peter Cook, English comedian and writer (b. 1937)
- January 9 – Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
- January 17 – Miguel Torga, Portuguese writer (b. 1907)
- January 18 – Adolf Butenandt, German physicist (b. 1903)
- January 20 – Mehdi Bazargan, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1907)
- January 21 - Alex Groza, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- January 22 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of John F. Kennedy (b. 1890)
- January 26 - Vic Buckingham, English football manager and footballer (b. 1915)
- January 28 - Ferruccio Tagliavini, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1913)
- January 29 - Dickie Burnell, British rower (b. 1917)
- January 30 – Gerald Durrell, British naturalist (b. 1925)
- January 31 – George Abbott, American writer, director and producer (b. 1887)
February
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- February 1 - Richey James Edwards, Welsh singer and musician (b. 1967)
- February 2 – Fred Perry, British tennis player (b. 1909)
- February 2 – Donald Pleasence, British actor (b. 1919)
- February 4 – Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
- February 5 – Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
- February 6 – James Merrill, American poet (b. 1926)
- February 9 – J. William Fulbright, American senator and congressman (b. 1905)
- February 9 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
- February 13 – Alberto Burri, Italian artist (born 1915)
- February 14 – U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907)
- February 19 – John Howard, American actor (b. 1913)
- February 21 - István Bárány, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1907)
- February 22 – Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
- February 23 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (b. 1942)
- February 24 – Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (b. 1914)
March
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- March 1 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
- March 3 – Howard Hunter, American Mormon leader (b. 1907)
- March 4 - Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (b. 1908)
- March 5 – Vivian Stanshall, British writer, artist and broadcaster (b. 1943)
- March 9 – Scott Amedure, American murder victim (b. 1963)
- March 13 – Odette Hallowes, French intelligence officer (b. 1912)
- March 14 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist (b. 1911)
- March 17 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
- March 17 - Sunnyland Slim, American blues musician (b. 1907)
- March 17 – Ronald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
- March 20 – Big John Studd, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1948)
- March 20 – Werner Liebrich, German footballer (b. 1927)
- March 26 – Eazy-E (Eric Wright), American rapper and record producer, N.W.A. (b. 1963)
- March 27 - René Allio, French film director (b. 1924)
- March 31 – Selena, Mexican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1971)
April
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- April 1 - Francisco Moncion, Dominican dancer (b. 1918)
- April 2 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1915)
- April 2 - Julius Hemphill, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1938)
- April 4 – Kenny Everett, British comedian (b. 1944)
- April 4 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)
- April 6 - Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician (b. 1912)
- April 6 - V. J. Sukselainen, former Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1906)
- April 10 – Morarji Desai, former Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
- April 14 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909)
- April 18 – Arturo Frondizi, former President of Argentina (b. 1908)
- April 20 – Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav politician and philosopher (b. 1911)
- April 23 – Howard Cosell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
- April 23 – John C. Stennis, American politician (b. 1909)
- April 25 – Andrea Fortunato, Italian footballer (b. 1971)
- April 25 – Ginger Rogers, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
- April 25 - Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)
- April 27 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
- April 29 - Angier Biddle Duke, American diplomat (b. 1915)
- April 30 – Maung Maung Kha, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
May
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- May 4 – Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1903)
- May 5 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911)
- May 6 – Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese writer and journalist (b. 1907)
- May 7 – Ray McKinley, American jazz musician (b. 1910)
- May 8 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
- May 11 - David Avidan, Israeli poet (b. 1934)
- May 12 - Arthur Lubin, American film director (b. 1898)
- May 12 - Adolfo Pedernera, Argentinian footballer (b. 1918)
- May 12 - Mia Martini, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
- May 14 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (b. 1916)
- May 18 - Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
- May 18 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
- May 18 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
- May 21 – Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (b. 1911)
- May 21 - Les Aspin, former United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
- May 24 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- May 25 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
- May 28 - Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (b. 1937)
- May 29 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (b. 1897)
June
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- June 7 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese Buddhist (b. 1918)
- June 8 – Juan Carlos Onganía, 35th President of Argentina (b. 1914)
- June 12 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
- June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues and rock guitarist (b. 1948)
- June 20 – Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (b. 1911)
- June 22 – Yves Congar, French theologian (b. 1904)
- June 23 – Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
- June 23 - Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
- June 25 – Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
- June 25 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist (b. 1905)
- June 29 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
- June 29 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician (b. 1911)
- June 30 – Georgy Beregovoy, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1921)
- June 30 - Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress (b. 1949)
July
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- July 1 - Wolfman Jack, American DJ and actor (b. 1938)
- July 1 - Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (b. 1909)
- July 4 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
- July 4 - Bob Ross, American painter (b. 1942)
- July 5 - Bernice Ackerman, American meteorologist (b. 1925)
- July 5 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician (b. 1905)
- July 6 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer (b. 1915)
- July 8 - Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)
- July 8 – Jean-Paul Harroy, Belgian colonial civil servant (b. 1909)
- July 10 – Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer (b. 1923)
- July 10 – Hugh Dundas, British pilot (b. 1920)
- July 15 – Khalid Bakdash, Syrian politician (b. 1912)
- July 16 – Mordechai Gur, Israeli Politician (b. 1930)
- July 16 - Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (b. 1904)
- July 16 - Stephen Spender, British poet (b. 1909)
- July 17 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine racing driver (b. 1911)
- July 17 - Harry Guardino, American actor (b. 1925)
- July 18 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian professional cyclist (b. 1970)
- July 18 – Srinagarindra, Queen Mother of Thailand (b. 1900)
- July 19 – T. N. Balakrishna, Indian actor (b. 1913)
- July 20 - Ernest Mandel, Belgian conomist (b. 1923)
- July 22 - Tami Ben Ami , Israeli model (b. 1955)
- July 22 - Percy Humphrey, American musician (b. 1905)
- July 24 – Marjorie Cameron, American writer, painter, actress and occultist (b. 1922)
- July 25 – Charlie Rich, American singer (b. 1932)
- July 26 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1917)
- July 27 – Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian composer (b. 1907)
- July 29 – Canray Fontenot, American musician (b. 1922)
- July 29 – Kurt Gudewill, German musicologist (b. 1911)
- July 31 - Genevieve Tobin, American actress (b. 1899)
August
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- August 1 – Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (b. 1900)
- August 1 - Julián Berrendero, Spanish racing cyclist (b. 1912)
- August 3 – Ida Lupino, British actress (b. 1914)
- August 4 – Dick Bartell, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- August 5 – Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
- August 6 - Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker (b. 1922)
- August 9 – Jerry Garcia, American musician, The Grateful Dead (b. 1942)
- August 10 – Leo Apostel, Belgian philosopher (b. 1925)
- August 10 – Josseline Gaël, French actress (b. 1917)
- August 10 - Gijs van Aardenne, Dutch politician (b. 1930)
- August 11 - Phil Harris, American actor (b. 1904)
- August 12 – Bobby Burns, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
- August 13 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech psychologist (b. 1926)
- August 13 - Amina al-Said, Egyptian journalist (b. 1914)
- August 13 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- August 15 - John Cameron Swayze, American news commentator (b. 1906)
- August 17 - Wild Bill Davis, American jazz pianist (b. 1918)
- August 19 - Silvio Amadio, Italian movie director (b. 1926)
- August 19 – Danny Arnold, American author (b. 1925)
- August 20 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
- August 21 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian astrophysicist (b. 1910)
- August 22 – José Antonio Girón, Spanish politician (b. 1911)
- August 24 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer (b. 1898)
- August 25 – Mike Ragan, American actor (b. 1918)
- August 25 – Johannes Antonsson, Swedish farmer (b. 1921)
- August 28 – Michael Ende, German writer (b. 1929)
- August 29 – Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force (b. 1905)
- August 29 – John Gilmore, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
- August 30 – Pattie Menzies, Wife of Robert Menzies (b. 1899)
- August 30 – Sterling Morrison, American musician (b. 1942)
September
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- September 1 - Benay Venuta, American actress (b. 1910)
- September 2 – Václav Neumann, Czech conductor (b. 1920)
- September 3 - Enrique Solares, Guatemalan composer (b. 1910)
- September 4 - Edmond Jouhaud, French general (b. 1905)
- September 7 - Al Papai, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- September 8 – Eileen Chang, Chinese writer (b. 1920)
- September 8 - Olga Ivinskaya, Soviet author (b. 1912)
- September 8 - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian writer (b. 1907)
- September 10 – Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926)
- September 12 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
- September 12 – Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
- September 13 - Francesco Messina, Italian sculptor (b. 1900)
- September 13 - Antonio Zamorano, Chilean priest (b. 1908)
- September 14 - Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (b. 1920)
- September 14 – Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912)
- September 15 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1921)
- September 18 - George S. Howard, American conductor (b. 1902)
- September 19 – Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
- September 20 - Emmy Albus, German athletics (b. 1911)
- September 21 – Rudy Perpich, American politician (b. 1928)
- December 23 - Alberto Quijano Guerrero, Colombian author (b. 1919)
- September 25 - Dorothy Dickson, American actress (b. 1893)
- September 25 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American physician and writer (born 1891)
- September 26 - Lenny Hambro, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
- September 29 - Seger Ellis, American musician (b. 1904)
- September 29 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist (b. 1919)
October
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- October 1 - Margaret Gorman, American Model (b. 1905)
- October 2 – John Ayers, American football player (b. 1953)
- October 4 - Fabio Albarelli, Italian sailor (b. 1943)
- October 7 – Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1906)
- October 9 – Sagramor de Scuvero Brandão, Brazilian actress, radio personality and councillor (b. 1921)
- October 9 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
- October 9 – Kukrit Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
- October 14 – Edith Mary Pargeter, English author (b. 1913)
- October 19 – Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1936)
- October 21 - Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
- October 22 – Kingsley Amis, British writer (b. 1922)
- October 22 - Mary Wickes, American actress (b. 1910)
- October 23 – Bert Bandstra, American politician (b. 1922)
- October 25 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
- October 25 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
- October 26 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter (b. 1913)
- October 29 - Jean Heather, American actress (b. 1921)
- October 29 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (b. 1924)
- October 30 – Louis Abolafia, American politician (b. 1941)
- October 31 – Rosalind Cash, American actress (b. 1938)
November
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- November 2 - June Brewster, American actress (b. 1913)
- November 2 – Gabriel Urgebadze, Georgian monk (b. 1929)
- November 2 - Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, Colombian politician (b. 1919)
- November 2 – Bill Blair, American racing driver (b. 1911)
- November 3 - Bojan Adamič, Slovenian composer (b. 1912)
- November 4 – Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (b. 1925)
- November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1922)
- November 5 – Ernest Gellner, British-Czech philosopher (b. 1925)
- November 6 - Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
- November 7 – Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama (b. 1942)
- November 7 - Slappy White, American comedian (b. 1921)
- November 8 – Country Dick Montana, American musician (b. 1955)
- November 9 – Morley Baer, American Photographer (b. 1916)
- November 10 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and activist (b. 1941)
- November 11 – Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (b. 1914)
- November 20 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater (b. 1967)
- November 21 – Leila Mourad, Egyptian singer (b. 1918)
- November 21 – Peter Grant, English music manager (b. 1935)
- November 23 – Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)
- November 29 - Adolfo Orrù, Italian engraver (b. 1909)
December
change- December 2 – Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist (b. 1900)
- December 2 - Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
- December 4 - Leonidas Berry, American physician (b. 1902)
- December 6 – Luis Regueiro, Spanish footballer (b. 1908)
- December 11 - Miko Tripalo, Croatian Politician (b. 1926)
- December 12 – David Marshall, Singaporean politician (b. 1908)
- December 13 - Marti Barris, American actress (b. 1937)
- December 18 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer (b. 1910)
- December 20 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaica actress (b. 1938)
- December 22 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress (b. 1911)
- December 22 – James Meade, British economist (b. 1907)
- December 25 – Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (b. 1906)
- December 25 – Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917)
- December 27 – Al Barlick, American umpire (b. 1915)
- December 29 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
- December 30 – Heiner Müller, German poet (b. 1929)
Nobel Prizes
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Hit songs
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- "California Love" – Dr. Dre
- "Fantasy" – Mariah Carey
- "Hey Man, Nice Shot" – Filter
- "I'll Be There for You" – The Rembrandts
- "Waterfalls" – TLC
- "Wonderwall" – Oasis
- "You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette
- "All Over You" – Live
- "As I Lay Me Down" – Sophie B. Hawkins
- "Baby" – Brandy
- "Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base
- "Besame Mucho" – Dalida (remix)
- "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something
- "Buddy Holly" – Weezer
- "Carnival" – Natalie Merchant
- "Connection" – Elastica
- "Don't Take It Personal" – Monica
- "Good" – Better Than Ezra
- "Hand in My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette
- "Hook" – Blues Traveler
- "Independent Love Song" - Scarlet
- "It's Midnight Cinderella" – Garth Brooks
- "J.A.R." – Green Day
- "Jusqu'au boût du rêve" – Dalida (remix)
- "Laissez-moi danser" – Dalida (remix)
- "Life's a Bitch" – Nas
- "Misery" – Soul Asylum
- "Missing" – Everything But the Girl
- "One of Us" – Joan Osborne
- "Only Wanna Be with You" – Hootie & the Blowfish
- "Rock and Roll Is Dead" – Lenny Kravitz
- "Roll to Me" – Del Amitri
- "Run-Around" – Blues Traveler
- "She's Every Woman" – Garth Brooks
- "Stutter" – Elastica
- "Take a Bow" – Madonna
- "Today" – The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Tomorrow" – Silverchair
- "When I Come Around" – Green Day
- "You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson
- "You Gotta Be" – Des'ree
- "You'll See" – Madonna
- "Dear Mama" – Tupac Shakur
New books
change- The Apocalypse Watch – Robert Ludlum
- Blood Sport – James B. Stewart
- The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer – Neal Stephenson
- The First Man (Le premier homme) – Albert Camus
- Five Days In Paris – Danielle Steel
- GoldenEye – John Gardner
- The Horse Whisperer – Nicholas Evans
- Independence Day – Richard Ford
- The Information – Martin Amis
- The Island of the Day Before – Umberto Eco
- Landscape and Memory – Simon Schama
- The Lost World – Michael Crichton
- Man Ray, 1890-1976 – Man Ray, Andre Breton
- Maskerade – Terry Pratchett
- Microserfs – Douglas Coupland
- Miracle in Seville – James A. Michener
- Morning, Noon, & Night – Sidney Sheldon
- Northern Lights (published in the US as The Golden Compass) – Philip Pullman
- Our Game – John le Carré
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze – Robert James Waller
- The Rainmaker – John Grisham
- Rose Madder – Stephen King
- Silent Night – Mary Higgins Clark
- The Tortilla Curtain – T.C. Boyle
Other websites
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