1995 in History

The Verve release A Northern Soul, which reaches the UK Top Twenty.

Releases A Spanner in the Works, continuing his 1990s adult rock style.

Escapes an armed attack while travelling from the airport to an African summit.

Leads a youthful Ajax side to the European title with an unbeaten campaign.

Alright enters the UK singles chart and peaks at number two, becoming Supergrass's signature Britpop hit.

Portrays Jim Lovell in the Apollo 13 film.

Releases Apollo 13, dramatizing the 1970 mission emergency.

Appointed First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister.

The Bluetones enter the UK Top Forty with Are You Blue or Are You Blind.

Israel releases 900 Palestinian prisoners but President Ezer Weissman has held up the pardon of two women arrested for antii violence, contravening a core provision of a pact signed in September

Survives an armed assassination attempt while travelling to an African summit in Addis Ababa.

Amir assassinates Rabin after opposing the Oslo process and the transfer of territory

Rabin is assassinated by an Israeli extremist opposed to the Oslo process

Rabin is sssassinated by a right-wing, 27 year old Israeli law student, Yigal Amir, at a Tel Aviv peace rally

Rabin is sssassinated by a right-wing, 27 year old Israeli law student, Yigal Amir, at a Tel Aviv peace rally

A nerve gas attack in a Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands, the Aum Shinrikyo ("Supreme Truth") cult is to blame

Abacha takes over power from the caretaker Government of Chief Ernest Shonekan, which was put into place by General Babangida after his annulment of the 12 June 1993 elections (won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola) causes massive unrest

Meets Jacques Chirac before the Madrid European Council and reaffirms commitment to the planned single currency.

Bluetonic reaches the UK Top Twenty as The Bluetones build momentum before their debut album.

Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility

Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility

Lebanese guerrillas of the Hezbollah fire rockets into northern Israel, Israeli warplanes retaliated by hitting rebel strongholds

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

Israeli warplanes retaliate against rocket attacks with strikes at Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A nerve gas attack in a Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thousands, the Aum Shinrikyo ("Supreme Truth") cult is to blame

Discusses Bosnia peace implementation and possible Russian participation alongside NATO forces with Bill Clinton.

Faces a major political crisis after Chechen militants seize hostages in Budennovsk.

Funeral services were held in Jerusalem for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President Clinton led the US delegation, Arab dignitaries also attended, including Jordans King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Funeral of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Answers Commons questions concerning Cabinet committees and coordination of Government policy.

Chirac hosted European leaders at Cannes as they addressed enlargement, Mediterranean policy and preparations for monetary union.

A new cease-fire takes effect, electricity is restored in Sarajevo, the three major participants (Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia) initial a US ceasefire

Supplies the pass from which Patrick Kluivert scores Ajax's winning goal.

Scores the only goal as Ajax defeat AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final.

Starts in midfield as Ajax defeat AC Milan to win the UEFA Champions League.

Starts in defence as Ajax defeat AC Milan to win the UEFA Champions League.

Starts for Ajax as the club defeats AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final.

Helps Ajax defeat AC Milan 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final before retiring from professional football.

Plays in Ajax's midfield as the club defeats AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final.

Keeps goal as Ajax defeat AC Milan 1-0 to win the UEFA Champions League.

Guides a young Ajax side to a 1-0 victory over AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League final.

Begins his second presidential term and forms a coalition government with the National Party and allied Colorado sectors

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Common People enters the UK chart and peaks at number two, becoming one of Pulp's defining Britpop songs.

Pulp's Common People reaches number two on the UK singles chart.

Ken Saro-Wiwa is hanged by Abacha, resulting in the immediate suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth of Nations

Faces a strengthened Communist opposition after the party makes major gains in the State Duma election.

Addresses Commons questions concerning presentation and coordination of the Government's competitiveness policy.

Presents the Government's second competitiveness White Paper and reports on measures to improve UK industrial performance.

Major & Bruton present a 37 page peace guide at a press conference in Belfast

The leaders of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians hold an unprecedented summit in Cairo to try to revive the Mideast peace process

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

Appointed Head of Congress, made acting president due to the impeachment of President Bucaram

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton

Party backs rewriting of clause IV Labours historic commitment to nationalization

The constitution has prevented any President from having two consecutive terms, but more than three out of four eligible voters stay away from the polls (illiteracy and unemployment rates are both about 75 percent)

Irish voters approve end to constitutional ban on divorce

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton

The Kurdistan Parliament in exile is founded in the Hague

Agrees to work toward a coalition Government in an effort to keep the Islamic Party from taking power and turning the 72-year-old secular republic into a theocracy that would be at odds with the West

Agrees to work toward a coalition Government in an effort to keep the Islamic Party from taking power and turning the 72-year-old secular republic into a theocracy that would be at odds with the West

Blur and Oasis released new singles on the same day, Blurs "Country House" outsold Morning Glorys second single, "Roll with It", 274,000 copies to 216,000 during the week

Blur's Country House reaches number one during the highly publicised chart contest with Oasis.

Makes decisive saves as Arsenal defeat Sampdoria on penalties to reach a second consecutive Cup Winners' Cup final.

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

A US peace accord is agreed at Paris and signed outside Dayton, Ohio, ending 43 months of savage, genocidal warfare in which 250,000 had died and nearly 2 million lost their homes

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators. The Dayton accords are signed in Paris.

The Dayton accords put an end to the three and a half year long war in Bosnia, one of the armed conflicts in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton.

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia.

Holbrooke brokers the Dayton negotiations that end the Bosnian War and create a new constitutional framework for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Izetbegovic accepts the Dayton peace framework after years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Initials the agreement ending the Bosnian War.

Initials the peace agreement while representing Serbian and Bosnian Serb interests.

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The peace conference is led by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and negotiator Richard Holbrooke with two Co-Chairmen in the form of EU Special Representative Carl Bildt and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Ivanov

The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic

Following NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Milosevic joins the Presidents of Bosnia and Croatia in a peace agreement at the US sponsored talks at Dayton, Ohio

Held in the shadow of the massacre in the Srebrenica safe zone, and the indictments against the main military and Government leaders of Bosnian Serbs before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic with Bosnian Foreign Minis.

The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic

Makes Premier League debut for Manchester United in a goalless draw against Leeds United

Tory Member of Parliament and former minister Alan Howarth resigns from the Tories and crosses the floor

Leaves Take That during the Nobody Else period and begins moving toward a solo career.

Appointed Deputy Speaker of the 2nd Russian Duma

Releases Different Class with Pulp at the height of the Britpop era.

Pulp's Different Class enters the UK albums chart at number one, confirming the band's commercial breakthrough.

Pulp's Disco 2000 reaches number seven on the UK singles chart.

Appointed Member of Russian Duma, 2nd Duma

Regional security deteriorates along the Rwanda-Zaire border.

General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble

A general strike affects more than 60 cities and towns, aimed at forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Zia, who was accused of corruption and incompetence

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristides hand-picked successor Ren‚ Preval, 51, wins the election with about 80 percent of the vote in a 14-man race

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

French voters end 14 years of socialist rule electing longtime Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac to the presidency

Former Polish communist apparatchik Aleksandr Kwasniewski wins the presidency having used slick western-style campaign tactics to gain a narrow victory over Lech Walesa

Tells opponents in the Party to "shut up or put up" & is re-elected Party Leader

Major defeats John Redwood by 218 votes to 89 in the Party leadership ballot

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

The constitution has prevented any President from having two consecutive terms, but more than three out of four eligible voters stay away from the polls (illiteracy and unemployment rates are both about 75 percent). Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristides hand-picked successor Ren‚ Preval, 51, wins the election with about 80 percent of the vote in a 14-man race

Major defeats John Redwood by 218 votes to 89 in the Party leadership ballot

Former Polish communist apparatchik Aleksandr Kwasniewski wins the presidency having used slick western-style campaign tactics to gain a narrow victory over Lech Walesa

General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble. Defying threats from militant extremist groups who boycott the election, Algerians go to the polls and overwhelmingly reject Islamic fundamentalists

Defying threats from militant extremist groups who boycott the election, Algerians go to the polls and overwhelmingly reject Islamic fundamentalists

The First David Oddsson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Supports the changeover scenario setting the route from national currencies to the euro.

Supports the changeover scenario establishing the timetable for the single currency.

Supports the timetable and legal preparations for the future single currency.

Chirac joined European leaders in adopting the name euro for the future single currency.

Supports the Madrid changeover scenario establishing euro as the name of the future single currency.

Heads the Irish government as Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.

Nigerias military Government executes nine of its critics, prompting international protests, the dead include author-playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa, 54, who had campaigned for a more equitable distribution of the nations oil wealth. Nigeria hangs writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other minority rights advocates. Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

The Ogoni leader is executed

Executive Outcomes supports government operations against RUF forces

Government hires Executive Outcomes to help reverse RUF advances

Federal forces capture most of Grozny after heavy fighting during the First Chechen War.

Appointed Federal Vice Chancellor

Delors addressed the European Parliament near the end of his ten-year Commission presidency.

Mitterrand delivered a final major European Parliament speech warning against nationalism and defending European reconciliation.

Sings on Forbidden, the final Black Sabbath studio album before the original-line-up reunion era.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

Appointed Foregn Minister, 2nd term

Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the European Union as the Delors Commission approached the end of its mandate.

Supports publication of the joint British-Irish Framework Documents on future political relationships.

"Free as a Bird," the first new Beatles single in 25 years, is premiered on the televised Beatles Anthology, the song is a 1977 demo by John Lennon completed in 1995 by the three surviving Beatles

Galileo releases its atmospheric probe for a five-month free flight toward Jupiter.

Galileo becomes the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Jupiter.

Probe data show Jupiter's atmospheric abundances differ in important ways from simple solar-composition expectations.

The Galileo atmospheric probe begins direct scientific measurements after deploying its parachute in Jupiter's atmosphere.

The Galileo atmospheric probe enters Jupiter and transmits direct measurements during its descent.

The war is ended by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio

The General Framework Agreement for Peace is signed

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

A general strike affects more than 60 cities and towns, aimed at forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Zia, who was accused of corruption and incompetence

Fronts Pulp as the band step in to headline Glastonbury after the Stone Roses withdraw.

Kazhegeldin continues as Prime Minister after constitutional changes

Answers Commons questions concerning coordination of departmental priorities.

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Releases Greatest Hits with several new songs recorded with the E Street Band.

Joins leaders at the Halifax economic summit as Russia's participation in major-power meetings expands.

Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility

Two Palestinians blow themselves up outside two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and kill seven Israeli soldiers and an American, Alisa Flatow, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

Lebanese guerrillas of the Hezbollah fire rockets into northern Israel, Israeli warplanes retaliated by hitting rebel strongholds

Meets Bill Clinton at Hyde Park for talks on Bosnia, NATO, arms control and Chechnya.

Supergrass debut album I Should Coco reaches number one on the UK albums chart.

Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes (including crimes relating to the alleged sniping campaign against civilians in Sarajevo)

Appointed Head of Congress, made acting president due to the impeachment of President Bucaram

Sworn in as President of Poland

Inbetweener reaches number sixteen on the UK singles chart and becomes one of Sleeper's breakthrough songs.

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

The Kurdistan Parliament in exile is founded in the Hague

The Kurdistan Parliament in exile is founded in the Hague

General Liamine Zeroual wins reelection as President with 61 percent of the vote, but the nations 25 percent unemployment rate, 30 percent inflation rate, falling industrial production, and food shortages foreshadow future trouble

Major & Bruton present a 37 page peace guide at a press conference in Belfast

Major & Bruton present a 37 page peace guide at a press conference in Belfast

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

Addresses Commons questions on inward investment and the Invest in Britain effort.

Receives the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement as a film producer.

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Visits Kanama after civilians are killed by government soldiers.

Created a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG)

Pervez Musharraf is promoted to lieutenant general.

Returns after spending 437 consecutive days aboard the Mir space station.

Represents Ireland as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Represents Italy as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Represents Germany as leaders agree the timetable for monetary union and choose euro as the single currency's name.

Represents Greece as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Appointed manager of Manchester Citys manager under the ownership of former England team-mate Francis Lee

The achievement marks mir long-duration mission as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Releases Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam, linking his work to the grunge generation.

Permanent neutrality becomes a central doctrine under Niyazov's presidency

New constitution strengthens the presidential system

At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour"

Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth.

The decision preserves the treaty framework supporting IAEA safeguards.

The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR

The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR

NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa

Leads the IAEA during indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

NPT parties agree to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty indefinitely.

Resumes nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia. France conducts nuclear tests beneath atolls southeast of Tahiti in French Polynesia, breaking a 1992 test moratorium despite worldwide protests from environmentalists

Blur and Oasis released new singles on the same day, Blurs "Country House" outsold Morning Glorys second single, "Roll with It", 274,000 copies to 216,000 during the week

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

A sustained air campaign conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in concert with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) ground operations, to undermine the military capability of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)

Operation Deliberate Force is carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5,000 personnel from 15 nations

The Army of Republika Srpska attacks UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, precipitating direct intervention by NATO

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

Operation Deliberate Force is commanded by Admiral Leighton W. Smith Jr

The Army of Republika Srpska attacks UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, precipitating direct intervention by NATO

Helps plan NATO air operations against Bosnian Serb military targets.

Commands Bosnian Serb forces targeted during the NATO campaign.

NATO initiates Operation Deny Flight tasked with enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia

The start of Operation Sharp Guard, a naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the European Union

Receives refugees as Croatian forces overrun Serb-held Krajina.

Orders the Croatian offensive to retake Krajina.

Supports the agreement as a senior PLO negotiator and advocate of the Oslo process.

Supports Jordanian diplomatic engagement as the Interim Agreement is signed and implementation begins.

Signs the Interim Agreement expanding Palestinian Authority responsibilities.

Signs the Interim Agreement, expanding Palestinian Authority responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Critiques and explains the Interim Agreement as Palestinians debate the new institutional framework.

Backs the interim agreement after helping sustain Israeli support for the Oslo negotiating track.

Backs the Interim Agreement after Jordan's peace treaty with Israel and its support for regional negotiations.

Witnesses and supports the Interim Agreement as Secretary of State.

Hosts the White House ceremony for the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement.

Hosts the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement.

Takes part in negotiations over West Bank redeployment, elections and Palestinian Authority powers.

Represents Norwegian support as a witness to the Interim Agreement following Norway's Oslo mediation role.

Supports US diplomatic follow-up in Israel as the Interim Agreement moves toward implementation.

Represents Jordanian backing for the Interim Agreement at the Washington signing ceremony.

Represents Russian support as a witness to the Interim Agreement and co-sponsor of the Madrid peace framework.

Advises the Clinton administration as it backs the Interim Agreement and broader Oslo process.

Prepares Israeli military arrangements for staged redeployment and security coordination under the Interim Agreement.

Represents Egyptian diplomatic backing as a witness to the Interim Agreement.

Supports the Interim Agreement as Egypt encourages Israeli-Palestinian implementation and regional stability.

Opposes the Interim Agreement during the Knesset debate, warning that the territorial withdrawals endanger Israeli security.

Supports the signing of the Interim Agreement as part of the Oslo process and its planned transfer of powers.

Helps negotiate the Interim Agreement after his role in the earlier Oslo channel.

Signs the Interim Agreement dividing West Bank areas and extending Palestinian Authority powers.

Signs the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, extending Palestinian self-government and dividing the West Bank into Areas A, B and C.

Begins preparing security coordination arrangements connected to Palestinian self-rule in West Bank areas.

Continues supporting Israeli-Palestinian contacts around the Oslo process and interim implementation.

Helps US mediation around the interim arrangements and implementation timetable.

Supports Knesset approval of the Interim Agreement after fierce debate over the future of the West Bank.

Participates in final talks at Taba that complete the text of the Interim Agreement before the Washington signing.

Supports Egyptian diplomatic efforts encouraging implementation of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement.

Supports the agreement as a Palestinian Authority minister involved in diplomacy and institution-building.

Represents European Union support for the Interim Agreement at the Washington signing ceremony.

Arafat signs the Interim Agreement expanding the Oslo framework

Clinton hosts the Washington ceremony for the signing of Oslo Two

Peres supports the second major Oslo agreement as it divides West Bank authority into administrative areas

Rabin signs the Interim Agreement at the White House

Releases Outside, reuniting with Brian Eno for a dark concept album about art, crime and identity.

Hall's Hubble spectroscopy identifies oxygen in Europa's tenuous atmosphere, the first such detection around a planetary satellite.

Signs the Interim Agreement expanding Palestinian Authority powers and responsibilities in populated West Bank areas.

Is reburied in the Pantheon with Pierre Curie.

ZANU-PF wins an overwhelming majority in the parliamentary election.

Al-Khasawneh participates in parliamentary reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Hester leads Hubble imaging of towering star-forming columns in the Eagle Nebula that become known as the Pillars of Creation.

A federal jury at New York finds Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims guilty of conspiring to carry out a campaign of terrorist bombings and assassinations aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its support of Israel

A federal jury at New York finds Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims guilty of conspiring to carry out a campaign of terrorist bombings and assassinations aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its support of Israel

Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

Several ministers depart the cabinet at the same time.

President Clinton extends full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam normalizing relations with the communist nation 22 years after US disengagement from the war with Hanoi

President Clinton extends full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam normalizing relations with the communist nation 22 years after US disengagement from the war with Hanoi

Appointed President of Argentina, 2nd term

Appointed President of Brazil, 1st term

Appointed President of Uruguay, 2nd term

Signs the legal framework governing the 1996 Russian presidential election.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Israels ruling Labor Party unanimously approves Shimon Peres as its new leader, replacing slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Israels ruling Labor Party unanimously approves Shimon Peres as its new leader, replacing slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Florentine-born economist Lamberto Dini, 63, heads a new left-of-centre Italian Government that takes office January 17 and will continue for 16 months

Appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term

Leaves office after political disagreements within the government.

The Board endorses safeguards strengthening measures that can be implemented under existing legal authority.

Campaigns for federal unity in Quebec second sovereignty referendum.

Arafat condemns Rabin's assassination and continues dealing with the Israeli government

Canada launches RADARSAT-1 for radar Earth observation.

Promises Britain will not back a proposed single EU currency before 1997

Promises Britain will not back a proposed single EU currency before 1997

EU leaders announce the new currency will be called the Euro

Addresses Commons questions concerning regional policy and competitiveness.

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

Resigns as Party Leader of the Conservative Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)

Pink Floyd are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

Blur and Oasis released new singles on the same day, Blurs "Country House" outsold Morning Glorys second single, "Roll with It", 274,000 copies to 216,000 during the week

Acknowledges RPA abuses and promises punishment of those responsible.

RUF pressure threatens the capital before government counteroffensives

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators

The Kurdistan Parliament in exile is founded in the Hague

Quebec votes to remain part of Canada, but provincial separatists lose only by a narrow margin (50.6 percent to 49.4) and vow to continue their efforts

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

Israelis and Palestinians agree on transferring the West Bank to Arabs

Israel and the PLO initial an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank following US mediation

The Israeli Parliament approves a pact with Palestine by a slim 61-to-59 margin, Israels religious right has insisted that God gave "Judea" and "Samaria" to the Jewish people 2,000 years ago and Rabin is a traitor for giving it away. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents

Israel begins a West Bank pullback and freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

Rabin and the PLO under Arafat, sign a pact, Oslo II, in Taba, Egypt, ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities

Rabin and the PLO under Arafat, sign a pact, Oslo II, in Taba, Egypt, ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities. Israel and the PLO initial an agreement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank following US mediation

Faces mounting pressure over militarized Rwandan refugee camps.

The United Nations Council votes easier sanctions for Iraq

France joined six other states in implementing passport-free travel under the Schengen arrangements.

Begins the Second David Oddsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Removes senior security officials after criticism of the government's handling of the Budennovsk hostage crisis.

Announces British troops will no longer carry out daylight street patrols in Belfast

The US shuttle docks with Russian space station

Croatian forces invade the Serbian-held territory of Krajina seized by the Serbs in 1990

Croatia retakes Krajina, and force 150,000 Serb refugees to flee, heightening fears that the conflict will spread

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo. NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes (including crimes relating to the alleged sniping campaign against civilians in Sarajevo)

The Drina Battalion of Bosnian Serbs overruns the UN-protected "safe area" of Srebrenica

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa. At Srebrenica over 40,000 Bosniaks who had sought safety there are expelled, an estimated 8,300 are executed, allegedly on Mladics order

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa

Mansun make an early UK chart appearance with Skin Up Pin Up.

Addresses Commons questions concerning the European Social Chapter and Government policy.

Some Might Say becomes Oasis first UK number one single, written by Noel Gallagher.

Taunts Prime Minister John Major at PMQs saying I lead my party he follows his

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

Al-Khasawneh participates in state visit connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

A general strike affects more than 60 cities and towns, aimed at forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Zia, who was accused of corruption and incompetence

Peres becomes Prime Minister after Rabin's assassination and continues the Oslo process

Accuses Sudanese authorities of supporting the plot to assassinate him in Addis Ababa.

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv and kills six Israelis and wounded 28, Hamas take responsibility

A Palestinian suicide bomber blows up a bus in Jerusalem and kills 4 Israelis, 1 American, and wounded more than 100 people, Hamas take responsibility

Comes off the bench and scores Ajax's late winning goal against Milan.

Referendum extends Nazarbayev's presidential term

Releases The Ghost of Tom Joad, returning to sparse storytelling about migration, poverty and displacement.

Blur's The Great Escape enters the UK albums chart at number one, extending the band's Britpop-era success.

Aho leads Finland into the European Union when the Corfu accession settlement takes effect.

Leads Sweden when the accession treaty takes effect and Swedish membership of the European Union starts.

Vranitzky presides over Austria's first day as an EU member following implementation of the Corfu accession treaty.

Rabin and the PLO under Arafat, sign a pact, Oslo II, in Taba, Egypt, ending nearly three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities

Balladur helps lead France when routine internal-border checks disappear among the first operational Schengen states. The French approach stresses both free movement and compensating security measures.

Leads Belgium when Schengen internal-border controls are abolished among the first seven participating states.

Derycke helps support Belgium's first operational day without routine internal Schengen border checks. Belgian officials favour gradual implementation backed by shared security measures.

Derycke backs Austria's accession to the Schengen arrangements in Brussels. Brussels also stresses coordinated policing and external-border safeguards.

Juppe endorses Austria's formal move into the Schengen agreements. Paris also emphasises effective controls at the Schengen area's external frontier.

During the Schengen process, Kanther oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. German policy links open internal borders with stronger external controls.

Kinkel welcomes Austria's Brussels accession to the Schengen Convention. Bonn also backs intensive police cooperation between participating states.

Kohl leads Germany through the first day of operational Schengen, when routine checks cease at participating internal frontiers. German policy pairs open travel with stronger external controls.

Kok oversees the Dutch transition to passport-free travel across participating internal borders as Schengen becomes operational. The Netherlands emphasises policing and judicial coordination.

During the Schengen process, Pasqua oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. French policy couples freer movement with stronger police coordination.

During the Schengen process, Sorgdrager oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. Dutch policy stresses coordinated justice, policing and migration procedures.

van Mierlo backs Austria's accession agreement as Schengen continues to widen. The Hague also supports common visa rules and effective external controls.

During the Schengen process, Wathelet oversees domestic security arrangements as the Schengen border-free regime becomes operational. Belgian policy links freer movement with close Benelux cooperation.

Seven-time Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti goes on trial on charges that he secretly acted as political godfather for the Sicilian Mafia

A Beijing court sentences Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng to 14 years in prison after a closed trial, he is charged with having conspired "to subvert the Government"

Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes (including crimes relating to the alleged sniping campaign against civilians in Sarajevo)

Is convicted in the United States of conspiring to conduct bombings and assassinations.

A federal jury at New York finds Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and nine other militant Muslims guilty of conspiring to carry out a campaign of terrorist bombings and assassinations aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its support of Israel

Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The United Nations celebrates its 50th anniversary at New York with a gathering of more than 140 heads of state (the largest such gathering in world history)

The NATO-led IFOR (Implementation Force) as responsible for implementing military aspects of the Dayton Accords and deployed on the Twentieth December 1995, taking over the forces of the UNPROFOR

The US rescues Mexicos economy with $20-billion aid program

Meets Bill Clinton in Moscow during commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of victory in Europe.

Pope John Paul II visits the US on a whirlwind tour

Elastica's Waking Up reaches number thirteen on the UK singles chart.

India becomes a founding member of the World Trade Organization.

Announces United States support for a comprehensive nuclear test ban prohibiting all nuclear test explosions.

Death of Alec Douglas-Home, age of 93

Death of Anthony Michael "Tony" Secunda

Death of Dean Martin

Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed

Death of Lana Turner

Death of Roel Wiersma

Ken Saro-Wiwa is hanged by Abacha, resulting in the immediate suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth of Nations. Abachas Government was accused of human rights abuses, especially after the hanging of Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Auta tribunal

Death of Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated

Death of Yitzhak Rabin