Some highlights from the year 1995 include:

• The Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th killed 168 people and injured over 800.
• The first Java programming language was released by Sun Microsystems.
• The world's first DVD player was released in Japan.
• The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on January 1st.
• The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir on June 27th, marking the first time a US spaceship had docked with a Russian space station.
• The O. J. Simpson murder trial ended with his acquittal on October 3rd.
• The Internet service provider America Online (AOL) went public.
• The 8.0 magnitude Kobe earthquake struck Japan on January 17th, killing over 6,000 people and injuring over 40,000.
• Toy Story, the first feature-length computer-animated film, was released by Pixar on November 22nd.
• The Internet Explorer browser was released for Windows 95.
• The Amazon.com website was launched in July.
• The Balkans conflict continued with the Bosnian War, ending with the Dayton Accords on November 21.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 5,000 points for the first time on November 21.