**World News in 1995**.
1995 was a momentous year for the world. Here are some of the most important news events of the year:.
**January**.
* January 1: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established..
* January 17: The Great Hanshin earthquake kills over 6,400 people in Japan..
* January 20: Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States..
**February**.
* February 26: The first Chechnya War begins..
**March**.
* March 20: The Aum Shinrikyo terrorist group releases sarin gas in the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and injuring thousands..
**April**.
* April 19: The Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people and injures over 800..
**May**.
* May 11: The Srebrenica massacre: Bosnian Serb forces kill over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys..
* May 26: Microsoft releases Windows 95..
**June**.
* June 12: The O.J. Simpson murder trial begins..
**July**.
* July 7: The Dayton Agreement ends the Bosnian War..
* July 25: The Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on the 26th anniversary of their moon landing..
**August**.
* August 9: The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing over 70,000 people..
* August 14: Japan surrenders to the Allies, ending World War II..
**September**.
* September 27: The United States ratifies the Chemical Weapons Convention..
**October**.
* October 11: The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C..
**November**.
* November 4: Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by a Jewish extremist..
* November 13: The Dayton Agreement is signed, ending the Bosnian War..
**December**.
* December 11: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established..
* December 31: The Soviet Union dissolves, and the Russian Federation is established..
**Other Notable News Events**.
* The Internet continues to grow rapidly, with the number of users increasing from 16 million in 1994 to 61 million in 1995..
* The first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, is born..
* The Hubble Space Telescope discovers the first evidence of extrasolar planets..
* The first Harry Potter book is published..
* The movie Toy Story is released, becoming the first fully computer-animated feature film..
* Michael Jordan leads the Chicago Bulls to their fourth NBA championship..
1995 was a year of great change and progress around the world. It was a year of both tragedy and triumph, and it left a lasting impact on the world we live in today..
