Timeline May 1995

Events in May 1995 9

• 1911 – 1995 Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik became World Chess Champion and founded the Soviet chess school. He trained future champions and emphasized scientific preparation.
• 1916 – 1995 Harold Wilson (1916-1995) Died 24 May 1995, aged 79 Harold Wilson served twice as British prime minister, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, leading the Labour Party through periods of economic strain and social change. His governments introduced major social reforms and held Britain's first referendum on membership of the European Community. He resigned unexpectedly in 1976, citing a wish to retire while still in good health.
• 1977 – 1995 Mayor of Paris Eighteen years Chirac becomes the first elected Mayor of Paris in 1977 and holds the office for eighteen years, building a powerful national political base.
• 1995 1995 World Snooker Championship Hendry Title 5 Winner: Stephen Hendry; Runner-up: Nigel Bond. Score: 18–9.
• 1995 Switches back to number 23 Jordan reverts to his familiar number 23 partway through the playoffs.
• 1995 Elected President of France Won on his third attempt On his third run for the presidency, Chirac defeats Socialist Lionel Jospin and is inaugurated President of the French Republic on 17 May 1995.
• 1995 – 2007 Premiere dame of France First lady, twelve years During Jacques Chirac's presidency Bernadette serves as première dame, making the Élysée a place where her approval carried weight. Witty but formidable, she was hugely popular with the French public.
• 1995 Java programming language released Sun Microsystems debuts a "write once, run anywhere" language Sun Microsystems publicly released the Java programming language, designed to let programs run unchanged on any device with a Java virtual machine. It quickly became one of the most widely used languages for enterprise and web software. Java's design influenced later languages and underpinned much of the early web's interactive content.
• 1995 Batman Forever #2 film of 1995 — $337m worldwide Directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey.