1995
1990s Era
Act I
The World Stage
1995
5.7B
people on Earth when this year began
Today
8.2B
+2.5B more people since
🇺🇸
US President
Bill Clinton
🇬🇧
UK Prime Minister
John Major
🇺🇳
UN Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Defining Moments
Oklahoma City bombing
Rabin assassinated
Windows 95 launches
OJ Simpson verdict
Srebrenica massacre
Act II
Culture & Entertainment
#1 Song
Gangsta's Paradise
Coolio
- ♪ Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
- ♪ TLC - CrazySexyCool
#1 Movie
Toy Story
Oscar Best Picture: Braveheart
- 🎥 Toy Story
- 🎥 Batman Forever
- 🎥 Apollo 13
Top TV Shows
- 📺 Seinfeld
- 📺 ER
- 📺 Friends
Notable Books
- 📚 The Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
Act III
Technology & Science
Windows 95 released
Java programming language
eBay founded
Amazon founded (1994)
Space
Galileo probe enters Jupiter's atmosphere
Nobel Peace Prize
Joseph Rotblat & Pugwash Conferences
Nobel Physics
Martin Perl & Frederick Reines
Act IV
Cost of Living
Gas / Gallon
$1.15
Today: $3.50
Milk / Gallon
$2.96
Today: $4.15
Movie Ticket
$4.35
Today: $11.75
Average Home
$133,900
Today: $420,000
New Car
$15,500
Today: $49,500
Postage Stamp
$0.32
Today: $0.73
Average Salary
$27,800 / year (min wage: $4.25/hr)
Act V
Sports Champions
World Series
Atlanta Braves
NBA Finals
Houston Rockets
Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers (SB XXIX)
Act VI
Our Planet
CO₂ Levels
0
parts per million
Today: 422 ppm
Temperature Anomaly
+0.45°C
vs. pre-industrial average
Today: +1.45°C
Life Expectancy
75.8 years
Internet
16M users worldwide, Netscape Navigator dominates