Henkels & McCoy provides installation to 1,000 homes in Northern Virginia
of Bell Atlantic's new Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) in a test
of the revolutionary cable television system. It is a precursor of today's
so-called "cable on demand" systems whereby consumers may view programming
content of their choice -- at a time of their own choice… Henkels &
McCoy's training center in Philadelphia, Pa. offers computer software
training to help displaced garment workers find office work in the
technology field following the closure of the Defense Personnel Supply
Center in Philadelphia. Seamstresses at that facility had provided uniforms
for the US military from the War of 1812 through the first Gulf War in 1991…
H&M completes several engineering projects at the Philadelphia Zoo making
life a little more comfortable for the animals. A gas heating system is
installed at the Zoo's African Plains exhibit, and
a dual fuel heating system (oil and gas) is
installed at the Pachyderm House. An updated temperature control system is
built for the Small Mammal House, and a leak detection system is designed
for the old Otter Pool, which is leaking up to 6,000 gallons of water per
day. H&M structural engineers look into alternate pool coatings, which will
help deter leaks while preserving the safety and health of the pool's furry
denizens.
January 1
Happy New Year.
 It will now cost you 32 cents to mail a greeting by first
class mail.
January 24
Criminal trial of OJ Simpson opens in California.
March 14
Russian space station Mir (right) greets its first American visitors --
NASA astronauts.
March 20
Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands. A
Japanese terror group is blamed.
  April
19
A terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma kills 168
people, including many children in the building’s ground floor day care
center (right). A vehicle laden with home made explosives was parked outside
the building's entrance. A man is seen leaving the vehicle shortly before
the massive eruption stripped away the building's facade (above). Suspect Timothy McVeigh is apprehended
the same day after an intensive search. Spontaneous memorials will be
erected at the site, an eerie precursor of similar displays to be seen in
Lower Manhattan six years hence.
April 22
Over 2,000 people are killed in Rwanda massacre.
April 27
The Global Positioning System, becomes fully operational.
May1
Ethnic fighting escalates in Bosnia and Croatia.
 July 11
US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
September 5
France explodes a nuclear device in Pacific; wide protests ensue.
September 24
Israelis and Palestinians tentatively agree on transferring the West Bank to
Arabs.
October 3
The glove did not fit. The jury did aquit.
Los Angeles jury finds OJ Simpson not guilty of murder charges. Photo:
Simpson, center, is flanked by his defense team, and was most memorably
represented by Johnny Cochrane, second from right. After the verdict,
Simpson announces that he will devote the rest of his life to "searching for
the real killer."
October 4
Pope John Paul II visits the US on four-day whirlwind tour.
October 16
Million Man March draws hundreds of thousands of
black men to the nation's
capital.
November 4
In a moment of extreme irony, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is slain by a Jewish
extremist at a peace rally, in Israel. Photo: Rabin, at left is shown with
Jordan's moderate King Hussein. Hussein and Rabin met in Washington, as part
of long term peace negotiations brokered by the US.
ALSO IN 1995:
Hail Hail Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in
Cleveland, Ohio.
In Sports
What's on TV
ER tops the charts, pushing Jerry Seinfeld to number two...
The Single Guy, Boston Common, The Nanny, and Walker, Texas
Ranger are new shows in the top 20.
 Deaths
Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football, many Muhammad Ali
bouts)
Jerry Garcia, musician and leader of The Grateful Dead
Rose Kennedy, matriarch of Kennedy clan
Mickey Mantle, (right) New York Yankees legendary player
Ginger Rogers, actress, limber limbed dance partner of Fred Astaire (The Gay
Divorce, Flying Down to Rio, The Major and the Minor)
Terry Southern, author
Selena Quintanilla, rising pop diva |
