some notables about 1995...

1995 Headlines:
OJ Simpson was acquitted for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend
Baseball great Mickey Mantle died
Atlanta Braves won the World Series against Cleveland
Michael Jordan came out of retirement mid-season and led the Bulls to the Championships '96-'98
Million Man March was held in D.C.
Freshman Shannon Faulkner failed to complete her first week at the formerly all-male academy, The Citadel
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated
169 were killed when a truck bomb blew apart The Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City
Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her two sons: 3 years and 14 months old
Divorce became legal in Ireland for the first time in its history
Twelve Tokyo Japan subway passengers were killed and thousands sickened by poisonous gas that leaked from packages planted by terrorists on five subways
Some 400-500 students graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, KS ("...as Raiders we ever shalt be.") My dad also graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School - his graduating year was 1969 ("...back in the summer of '69; those were the best days of my life...")

Some interesting facts about that year:
Postage increased that year from $.29 to $.32
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline was $1.20 - but I actually remember it being around $1 where we live
It was the hottest year recorded in global history - hundreds were killed in the midwest due to heat wave and 11 hurricanes ravaged the Western Hemisphere
A Chevy Blazer 4x4 sold for $24,549
Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House, is named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine
The M&M color blue was introduced