Timeline January 1995

Events in January 1995 21

• 1890 – 1995 Rose Kennedy (1890-1995) Died 22 January 1995, aged 104 Rose Kennedy was the matriarch of the Kennedy family and mother of President John F. Kennedy, Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy, and their siblings. She outlived four of her nine children, including three who died violently. She was widely known for her longevity and her role in one of America's most prominent political families.
• 1937 – 1995 Peter Cook (1937-1995) Died 9 January 1995, aged 57 Peter Cook was a British comedian and writer, best known for his partnership with Dudley Moore in the double act Pete and Dud. He was a central figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s, including the founding of the magazine Private Eye. His deadpan style influenced generations of British comedians.
• 1995 Australian Open 1995 Men: Andre Agassi · Women: Mary Pierce
• 1995 1995: Michael Schumacher Benetton Schumacher won his second consecutive title with Benetton before moving to Ferrari with a mission to restore the team to championship glory.
• 1995 Braveheart Played Smythe, a vicious English soldier, in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, in a performance remembered for its unsettling intensity.
• 1995 EU Accession Joining the Union Austria officially became a member of the European Union alongside Finland and Sweden.
• 1995 High Life Released High Life, which won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
• 1995 Imagination Library Founded Launched the Imagination Library through her Dollywood Foundation, initially providing free books to children in her home county of Sevier, Tennessee. The programme would eventually expand to five countries and distribute nearly 308 million books to children worldwide.
• 1995 New Partnership with Kazakova After Mishkutionok's retirement, formed a new partnership with Oksana Kazakova, again under Moskvina's coaching. They won the 1996 European Championship in their first season together.
• 1995 President of Toyota Named president of Toyota Motor Corporation, the first person from outside the founding Toyoda family to hold the position in 28 years. His management credo was 'not changing is evil' — a direct challenge to Toyota's sometimes conservative corporate culture.
• 1995 – 1997 Return to Japan and Underground Returned to Japan in 1995, prompted by two events: the devastating Kobe earthquake in January and the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in March. Feeling a moral obligation to engage with Japanese society, he interviewed survivors of the attack for Underground (1997), his first major work of non-fiction.
• 1995 World Trade Organization established New body succeeds GATT to govern global trade The World Trade Organization formally came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as the main body overseeing international trade rules. Based in Geneva, it was given stronger powers to settle trade disputes between member states. It quickly became a central, and often contested, institution of globalization.
• 1995 Al Green inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted in 1995.
• 1995 Janis Joplin inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Melissa Etheridge.
• 1995 Led Zeppelin inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted with Jason Bonham at the drums.
• 1995 Neil Young inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted as a solo artist, introduced by Eddie Vedder.
• 1995 The Allman Brothers Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted the same night as Led Zeppelin and Neil Young.
• 1995 Apollo 13 Ron Howard's acclaimed drama — $355m Directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks. The dramatic true story of the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis.
• 1995 Star Trek: Voyager — Season 1 The third live-action Trek series, following the crew of the USS Voyager stranded 70,000 light years from home in the Delta Quadrant. Kate Mulgrew plays Captain Kathryn Janeway — the first female captain to lead a Star Trek series. Runs for 7 seasons until 2001. Created as the flagship series for the new UPN network.
• 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake Magnitude 6.9 quake devastates Kobe, Japan A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Kobe region of Japan, killing more than 6,000 people and destroying tens of thousands of buildings. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit Japan since 1923 and exposed weaknesses in the country's disaster preparedness. Reconstruction of Kobe took years.
• 1995 – present Mathieu van der Poel MVDP Multi-discipline superstar; World Champion in both Road and Cyclocross.