1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Bristol Rovers had made one previous appearance in the play-offs when they lost 2–1 on aggregate to Port Vale in the 1989 Football League Third Division play-off Final. They had played in the third tier of English football since being relegated from the Second Division in the 1992–93 season. Huddersfield Town were also appearing in the play-offs for a second occasion, having lost 4–3 on aggregate to Peterborough United in the 1992 semi-finals. They had been relegated to the third tier in the 1987–88 season and had played there ever since. In the two league matches between the sides during the regular season, both ended in 1–1 draws. Huddersfield manager Neil Warnock had led a team out at a Wembley final three times in the previous four seasons, including two play-off final wins with Notts County in 1990 and 1991.


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Clive Wilkes. Huddersfield Town adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Bristol Rovers played as a 4–2–4.


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 28 May 1995 in front of a crowd of 59,175, a record attendance for a Second Division play-off final. In injury time in the first half, an overhead kick from Ronnie Jepson was eventually headed in by Booth for his 30th goal of the season to give Huddersfield the lead. Just over a minute later, Stewart scored the equaliser for Bristol Rovers with a volley after Justin Channing headed on Sterling's throw-in. It was Stewart's 24th goal of the season. Eight minutes into the second half, the ball rebounded from the Huddersfield crossbar but Taylor missed from 3 yards (2.7 m). Two minutes later, Jon Dyson came on to replace Simon Trevitt in Huddersfield's first substitution of the match.


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
In the 80th minute, Iain Dunn was then brought on for Gary Crosby while Bristol Rovers made their first change at the same time with Marcus Browning replacing Taylor. Dunn's first touch of the match a minute later was to deliver a cross which Booth headed back across the goalmouth for Billy to score. Lee Archer then came on for Channing for Bristol Rovers in the 84th minute. Two minutes later, a 25 yards (23 m) strike from Browning was tipped over by Francis. In the final minute of the match, Stewart's shot from around 25 yards (23 m) hit the frame of the Huddersfield goal with Francis beaten. The match ended 2–1 and Huddersfield were promoted to the First Division.


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
The victory was Huddersfield Town's first win at the national stadium in five finals over a 67-year period. Warnock had been working without a contract and suggested that Huddersfield "had to think big and be big ... Whether it's with me or not, the club will go forwards." He stated that he and Huddersfield chairman, David Fisher, would be meeting and they had "got to speak a lot." He went on to note that he was "not the sort of manager who goes anywhere lightly."


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Warnock left his newly promoted club eight days after the win at Wembley and soon after took up the managerial position at Plymouth Argyle who had been relegated to the Third Division after finishing in 21st position in the league. In a 2020 interview, Warnock confirmed that "getting promotion was the stand-out memory. It was a fabulous time" but that he "fell-out with the chairman after he told me a porky pie [a lie] and left a few days later".


1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Post-match
Huddersfield Town's next season saw them finish in eighth position in the First Division, two places below the play-offs. Bristol Rovers ended their following season in tenth position in the Second Division league table, four places outside the play-offs.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The 1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 1995 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Chesterfield and Bury to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division. The top two teams of the 1994–95 Football League Third Division, Carlisle United and Walsall, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while the those placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1995–96 season in the Second Division. The losing semi-finalists were Preston North End and Mansfield Town.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final
The match, refereed by Paul Alcock, was played in front of 22,814 spectators. Chesterfield won the match 2–0 with first-half goals from Tony Lormor and Phil Robinson to gain promotion back to the third tier of English football five seasons after being relegated. For the club's manager, John Duncan, it was his second success with Chesterfield as a manager, having won the Fourth Division title in 1985. His counterpart, Mike Walsh, parted company with Bury less than four months later.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Chesterfield's next season saw them end in seventh position in the Second Division, one place and one point below the play-offs. Bury ended their following campaign in third place in the Third Division, securing automatic promotion to the Second Division for the 1996–97 season.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Chesterfield finished the regular 1994–95 season in third position in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system, one place and one point ahead of Bury. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Second Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Chesterfield finished two points behind Walsall (who were promoted in second place) and ten behind league winners Carlisle United.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Bury's opponents in their play-off semi-final were Preston North End with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Deepdale in Preston on 13 May 1995. The visiting side took the lead in the 40th minute when David Pugh received a pass from Nick Daws before striking the ball from 10 yards (9.1 m), past Preston North End goalkeeper John Vaughan. Despite having a number of chances to score, Preston North End could not level the match and it ended 1–0 to Bury. The second leg was held at Gigg Lane in Bury three days later. Tony Rigby put the home team ahead with a 20-yard (18 m) volley in the 88th minute, and although Tony Kelly was sent off seconds later, the game finished 1–0, with Bury progressing to the final with a 2–0 aggregate win.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Chesterfield faced Mansfield Town in their semi-final and the first leg was played at Field Mill in Mansfield. After a goalless first half, Phil Robinson gave Chesterfield the lead in the 64th minute after out-pacing the Mansfield Town defence and scoring past Darren Ward in goal. Stewart Hadley levelled the score eight minutes later when he struck from the edge of the Chesterfield penalty area after the defence failed to clear a free kick, and the match ended 1–1. The second leg took place at Saltergate in Chesterfield three days later.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Paul Holland gave Mansfield the lead after three minutes with a header before Tony Lormor equalised midway through the first half. Steve Wilkinson then restored Mansfield's lead with a goal on 32 minutes but Robinson equalised and regular time ended by the score at 2–2, and 3–3 on aggregate, sending the game into extra time. Kevin Lampkin was sent off for Mansfield before Nicky Law scored from a penalty. Mark Peters was then also dismissed, leaving Mansfield with nine players, and further strikes from Jonathan Howard and Robinson made the final score 5–2 with Chesterfield progressing to the final with a 6–3 aggregate victory.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Chesterfield were making their second appearance in a play-off final, having lost 1–0 against Cambridge United in the 1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final. They had played in the fourth tier of English football since suffering relegation in the 1988–89 season. Bury had participated in play-offs on two previous occasions, losing in the semi-finals in both: 2–0 on aggregate to Tranmere Rovers in 1990 and 2–1 over the two legs to Bolton Wanderers in 1991. Bury had played in the fourth tier since being relegated in the 1991–92 season. It was Bury's first match at the national stadium.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
In the two matches between the sides during the regular season, Bury had won 2–1 at Gigg Lane in September 1994 while the return fixture at Saltergate the following March ended in a goalless draw. Chesterfield's manager John Duncan had led the team to promotion in a previous spell in charge as champions of the Fourth Division in the 1984–85 season. His second period at the club came three years after leaving Ipswich Town in 1990.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Paul Alcock of Redhill, Surrey. Among the substitutes for Chesterfield was the 43-year-old commercial manager of the club, Jim Brown, as Billy Stewart, their third-choice goalkeeper, was in the starting line-up.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The final kicked off around 3 p.m. at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 1995 in front of 22,814 spectators. Bury dominated the first half, with Don Beet writing in The Guardian that they "flung everything at Billy Stewart's goal from the start". Midway through the first half, a long throw-in flew deep into the Bury penalty area and after Des Hazel challenged a defender, the ball fell to Lormor who struck it cleanly past Gary Kelly in the Bury goal to make it 1–0.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
In the 41st minute, Chesterfield doubled their lead: Law sent in another long throw-in and Robinson headed it into the Bury net despite the attention of a number of defenders. At half time, Bury made their first change of the game with Mark Carter being substituted off for John Paskin. The 68th minute saw Bury's closest chance to score when Rigby struck a free kick against the Chesterfield goalpost. Late in the game, Kelly saved attempts to score from both Robinson and second-half substitute Kevin Davies. The match ended 2–0 to Chesterfield who were promoted to the Second Division.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Laws described Bury's early dominance as "like Custer's last stand out there", but his manager John Duncan said that his goalkeeper had been "solid as a rock". Despite his side's loss, Mike Walsh still favoured the play-offs, suggesting that "they are great for the supporters". He left Bury in September 1995 with the club in seventeenth position in the Third Division.


1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Chesterfield's next season saw them end in seventh position in the Second Division, one place and one point below the play-offs. Bury ended their following campaign in third place in the Third Division, securing automatic promotion to the Second Division for the 1996–97 season.


1995 Football League Trophy Final
The 1995 Football League Trophy Final (known as the Auto Windscreens Shields Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Second and Third Division of the Football League. The match was played at Wembley on 23 April 1995, and was contested by Birmingham City and Carlisle United. Birmingham City won the match 1–0, with Paul Tait scoring the winning goal in extra time. The match was the first at Wembley to be decided by the golden goal rule.


1995 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 1994–95 season were held in May 1995, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place in the Football League First Division and Football League Second Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th placed teams in the Football League Third Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.


1995 Football League play-offs, Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.


1995 Football League play-offs, Second Division, Semi-finals
Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Bristol Rovers on aggregate. Bristol Rovers won on away goals.


1995 Football League play-offs, Second Division, Semi-finals
Brentford 2–2 Huddersfield Town on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–3 on penalties.


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain
The 1995 Ford International Championships of Spain was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Spain that was part of Tier II of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from April 25 through April 30, 1995.


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Larisa Savchenko defeated  Mariaan de Swardt /  Iva Majoli 7–5, 4–6, 7–5


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain – Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions and won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 against Mariaan de Swardt and Iva Majoli.


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain – Singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion and won in the final 5–7, 6–0, 6–2 against Iva Majoli.


1995 Ford International Championships of Spain – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1995 Fordham Rams football team
The 1995 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Fordham finished fourth in the Patriot League.


1995 Fordham Rams football team
In their second year under head coach Nick Quartaro, the Rams compiled a 4–6–1 record. Jim Ciarlante, Joe Moorhead, Chris O'Leary and Won Kyu Rim were the team captains.


1995 Fordham Rams football team
The Rams were outscored 236 to 208. Their 2–3 conference record placed last in the six-team Patriot League standings.


1995 Fordham Rams football team
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university campus in The Bronx, in New York City.


1995 Formula One Indoor Trophy
The 1995 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 7–8 at the Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Luca Badoer in a Minardi-Ford.


1995 Formula One World Championship
The 1995 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 49th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 26 March and ended on 12 November. Michael Schumacher won his second consecutive Drivers' Championship, and Benetton won the Constructors' Championship, the first and only Constructors' title for the Benetton team.


1995 Formula One World Championship
Schumacher won nine races en route to the championship, equalling the record set by Nigel Mansell in 1992. He also continued his rivalry with Williams-Renault driver Damon Hill, including collisions at the British and Italian Grands Prix. Both these races were won by Schumacher's Benetton teammate Johnny Herbert, taking his first two F1 victories. Hill's Williams teammate, David Coulthard, claimed his first victory in Portugal, while Ferrari's Jean Alesi achieved his only F1 victory in Canada. Just like Honda in 1988, Renault engines won all but one race in this season.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
The calendar was initially announced at the beginning of 1995. The European Grand Prix moved to the Nürburgring circuit. The Argentine Grand Prix was the only newly announced race, with it taking place at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez circuit. The circuit was due to begin the season  on March 12, but there were doubts over whether the circuit would be ready in time. The third race in Japan was also under threat, as the TI Circuit was badly affected after the Great Hanshin earthquake, which damaged local infrastructure.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
The San Marino round, Spanish round and the Italian round required safety upgrades. The Circuit de Catalunya was also in financial difficulty. On February 6, a revised calendar was announced, with the Argentine Grand Prix moved to April 9, despite the fact it had now received official clearance from FIA safety inspector Roland Bruynseraede. The Pacific round was moved due to the Kobe earthquake, with it now one week before the Japanese Grand Prix. The European Grand Prix was moved forward seven days, leaving just a seven-day gap between the Portuguese and European rounds. However, some tracks still needed clearance to race.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Although 14 teams and 28 drivers respectively were on the official 1995 entry list, the Larrousse team with drivers Éric Bernard and Christophe Bouchut failed to turn up for any of the on-track sessions. This was due to the team running short of money: in the period prior to the event, with French government aid not forthcoming and a 1995 chassis not yet built, team owner Gérard Larrousse elected to miss the first two rounds of the season in the hope of competing from the San Marino Grand Prix onwards.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
No funding ever arrived and it was too late for them to build a car for the season. There were some arrangements with the DAMS Formula 3000 team, but DAMS bosses wanted to buy Larrousse and run the team themselves. On February 13, the boss of DAMS, Jean-Paul Driot announced that they had abandoned plans to enter Formula One for 1995, as he could not find a good amount of sponsorship to run the team at a competitive level. Driot said he intended to return to Formula 3000 and prepare for an F1 bid in 1996.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Larrousse's withdrawal, in addition to the collapse of the Lotus team after the end of the 1994 season, dropped the number of participating cars to 26, guaranteeing all the entrants of a race start, without the threat of failing to qualify, for the first time since the 1994 Canadian Grand Prix. The threat of a drivers' strike over the terms of the 1995 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Super Licences, which allowed the FIA to demand promotional appearances and forbade the drivers from criticising the championship. This was resolved by the governing body prior to the race, ensuring full driver participation.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Of the teams that did appear, all had completely new chassis to cope with the revised Technical Regulations, which stipulated a variety of changes including the reduction of engine capacity and the size of aerodynamic wings, the introduction of more stringent crash testing, the raising of the cars' ride height, and more rigorous testing of fuel specifications all with the aim of reducing speeds and increasing driver safety, a process which had begun in the aftermath of the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna during the weekend of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
The cars were still in various stages of development heading into the new season; the Footwork FA16 and Simtek S951 chassis arrived at the event with virtually no testing, having been completed shortly beforehand. There was one new team in the shape of the Italian Forti outfit, whilst the Benetton, McLaren, Footwork, Jordan, Pacific, Ligier and Sauber teams had all changed their engine suppliers in the course of the off-season. The biggest change perhaps was made by Benetton, who after running Fords joined Williams as a Renault powered team. However, McLaren’s long term relationship with Mercedes was established in 1995 and would continue until 2014.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Of the initial 1995 drivers, Pedro Diniz was the only complete rookie, whilst Andrea Montermini started his first race after failing to qualify for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix due to injury. Mika Salo and Domenico Schiattarella had competed in two races, with Taki Inoue competing in one race the previous season. The 1995 season also saw the debut of Jan Magnussen when he replaced regular McLaren driver, Mika Häkkinen for the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix. It also the last season for 1992 champion, Nigel Mansell.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Minardi had been expected to run with Mugen-Honda engines, but at the last minute, Ligier boss Flavio Briatore persuaded the Japanese engine supplier to supply Ligier, leaving Minardi in a mess. Their car was designed for the Mugen-Honda V10 and parts were already being made. The Minardi team then had to work flat out to build a brand new car with a Ford ED engine. Team owner Giancarlo Minardi announced he was taking legal action against the Japanese supplier. The status of Ligier and who its owners were was also coming under scrutiny.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
The news that Martin Brundle had signed with them for 1995 brought up rumours that Tom Walkinshaw was the new boss of the team. Walkinshaw's move to Ligier from Benetton (where he had been Benetton's Engineering Director) was part of the agreement between Flavio Briatore and FIA's Max Mosley the previous year to get Benetton regarding the use of an illegal fuel filter in the 1994 German Grand Prix. Benetton admitted that the filter was illegal on the understanding that major changes would be made within the team. Briatore appeared to have asked Walkinshaw to control Ligier. Controversy surrounded the Ligier JS41 car, with rival team owners comparing it to the Benetton B195 car because of their similar design, the only apparent difference being the engine in each car. Commenting on the design similarities, Walkinshaw said:


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Mechanically it [the JS41] is totally different [from the B195] and structurally it is quite different as well. Aerodynamically, it's as close as we can make it to being the same. I don't know how you would end up with anything else if you take a core of engineers who have been working on the Benetton. Of course the damn thing looks the same. But if you go into the detail of the car, there is nothing interchangeable.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
At the front of the field, Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill in the Benetton and Williams cars respectively were the favourites to battle for the Drivers' Championship, with Schumacher anticipating a "struggle" for the championship. Bernard Dudot, Renault Sport's Chief Engineer, said that he believed Benetton was less well-prepared than Williams, as the former team had changed its engine supplier to Renault, whereas Williams had been in partnership with the company since 1989.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
McLaren were also concerned about the standard refuelling equipment provided for 1995 by suppliers Intertechnique, having suffered a major leak in a test of the new rig outside of its factory. Intertechnique had redesigned the fuel equipment, which was used by all of the teams, in the wake of a pit lane fire suffered by driver Jos Verstappen during the previous year's German Grand Prix. The new fuel rigs, in addition to being half the size of the 1994, also featured longer nozzles, and were designed to lock onto the car before any fuel could begin to flow. Intertechnique traced the problem to a faulty valve within the equipment, which caused 10 kilograms (22 lb) of fuel to leak, and modified the parts accordingly. It was only the seventeenth race since refuelling had been reintroduced to the sport at the start of the 1994 season.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Background
Another rule revision meant that the minimum weight limit of 595 kilograms (1,312 lb) applied to both car and driver together. Prior to the first session of the season, all of the drivers were weighed to establish a reference weight to be used on occasions when the two were weighed separately, or if the driver was unavailable to be weighed. As such, a small competitive advantage could be established if the driver attempted to register a weight as heavy as possible, so their actual weight when driving the car would be lower.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1995 FIA Formula One World Championship. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Goodyear.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Argentine Grand Prix  returned after a 14 year absence, it had been originally scheduled in 1994 but it was cancelled as the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez track was still undergoing work and the owners were not finished with the project. The project was completed in time for 1995 with the race held on 9 April.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Pacific Grand Prix was originally scheduled for 16 April, was moved to 22 October due to the effects of the Great Hanshin earthquake.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix swapped places on the calendar so that the Monaco round follows the Spanish Grand Prix.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The European Grand Prix moved from the Circuito Permanente de Jerez to the Nürburgring, it was the first time since 1985 that a F1 race was held at the Nürburgring.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
The 1995 F1 season featured several dramatic incidents, including seven Grands Prix affected by rain and four Grands Prix which were red-flagged on the first lap of the race.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
The Formula One regulations underwent several changes prior to the 1995 season. The most significant change was to the engine capacity, which was reduced from 3.5 litres to 3.0 litres in order to reduce horsepower. Higher sidepods were required, together with raised cockpit side protection (above shoulder height; to be raised even more for 1996) and a larger cockpit opening than that of the 1994 cars. The front and rear wings were reduced in depth to lessen downforce, thereby reducing cornering speeds.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
To further reduce downforce, the flat-bottomed undertray which was made mandatory in 1983 was to now feature a large "stepped" section underneath each sidepod, raised about an inch higher and parallel to the wooden plank originally introduced in 1994. The overall height of the car was also lowered. Deformable structures, particularly the sidepods and nose section, were subject to more stringent crash testing. Many of these changes were in reaction to the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, who both died of head and neck injuries. Some of the circuits were also changed, with larger run-off areas featuring at tracks such as Monza and Imola.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
The Benetton team had Renault V10 engines for the first time, after running Ford V8s for several years. Michael Schumacher won nine out of the seventeen Grands Prix, and won his second World Championship. Schumacher's main title rival was Damon Hill, who was driving for Williams-Renault. Hill and Schumacher were involved in some very close battles at numerous races, including at the 1995 Belgian Grand Prix, where the two championship contenders fought wheel-to-wheel for extended periods. Making its last appearance in F1 to date was the V12, used consistently by Ferrari since the 640 in 1989. They would use V10s in 1996.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
Damon Hill received criticism during 1995, after several incidents that were attributed to driving errors. The 1995 British Grand Prix was overshadowed by a controversial collision between Hill and Schumacher, and Hill was widely blamed for the accident. Hill also suffered with mechanical problems in his Williams-Renault.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
Jean Alesi won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, which was his first and only victory in Formula One. Alesi also nearly won the European, Italian and Japanese Grand Prix, only being passed by Schumacher with a few laps to go in the former, and retiring with a wheel bearing and driveshaft failure in the latter two, respectively.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
Nigel Mansell made a brief return to Formula One with McLaren. The McLaren-Mercedes cockpit was initially too small for Mansell, and he had to miss the first two races whilst McLaren redesigned the monocoque. His eventual return for the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix was disappointing, and he was outpaced by Häkkinen. After another disappointing race at the Spanish Grand Prix Mansell and McLaren parted ways, and Mark Blundell drove the second McLaren for the remainder of 1995.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
Mika Häkkinen suffered serious head injuries after a high-speed crash during the first qualifying session on the Friday of the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. The fast actions of the medical crew, including performing an emergency tracheotomy, saved his life, and he later returned to the track in 1996. Later that year, Mansell revealed that he intended to "fight for the championship with Williams", but the Williams team chose David Coulthard instead.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
One of the rookies for 1995 was Taki Inoue who drove for Footwork Arrows. During the first qualifying session for the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix his car stalled on the track, and the session was stopped in order to recover the car. A course car driven by Jean Ragnotti was travelling too fast and Ragnotti was unsighted by the barriers on the twisty circuit. Ragnotti's car crashed into Inoue's stranded car, flipping the Arrows. Inoue was knocked unconscious but he recovered and took part in the race on Sunday.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Season review
At the 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix Inoue's car retired with a mechanical problem. He got out of his car and grabbed a fire extinguisher in order to put out a small fire on his car. Inoue then walked into the path of a course car, and was knocked over. Inoue bounced off the front of the car and collapsed on to the grass. He suffered minor leg injuries.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Points scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race as follows:


1995 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
Note: championship points were awarded on a 10–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first six finishers at each race.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Constructors' Championship standings
Note: championship points were awarded on a 10–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first six finishers at each race.


1995 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Non-championship event results
The 1995 season also included a single event which did not count towards the World Championship, the Formula One Indoor Trophy at the Bologna Motor Show.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season
The 1995 Formula Shell Super Unleaded season was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Shell Rimula-X in the All-Filipino Cup.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Summary
Shell Rimula-X scored a 100-88 victory over Ginebra San Miguel in the lone game at the start of the PBA's 21st season on February 19, Paul Alvarez dished out an impressive performance in giving new Shell coach Chito Narvasa his first win. The Turbo Chargers won their first three outings before losing to Ginebra in Cabanatuan City on March 5. Shell finish second and a game behind Sunkist with six wins and four losses at the end of the All-Filipino Cup eliminations. In the semifinal round, Shell dropped to fifth place and didn't win any single game in their eight semifinal assignments.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Summary
Import Jarvis Basnight, who was supposed to play for Shell last year but was found to be a shade over the limit, finally got a chance to play in the PBA when the league decided to raise the height limit among imports to 6-7, Basnight used his mother's maiden name "Matthews" and played only one game, scoring 23 points in Shell's 87-91 loss to Pepsi Mega at the start of the Commissioners Cup on June 9. He was replaced by Kenny McCleary in the Gas Kings' next game.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Summary
McCleary led Shell to their first victory in five games by winning against Ginebra San Miguel, 97-95 on June 25, to finally snapped out of a 13-game losing streak, counting their last game in the eliminations and eight semifinal games during the All-Filipino Cup. McCleary played nine games and was sent home in favor of the tried and tested Bobby Parks at the start of the single-round quarterfinals. The Gas Kings carry a 2-8 won-loss slate with no chance of making it to the final four semifinals.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Summary
Rodney Monroe, who played one game for Alaska in 1993, was Shell's import for the Governors Cup. The Gas Kings makes it to the semifinals by winning their last two outings in the eliminations for a 6-4 won-loss card. Shell was already out of contention for the finals berth when they pulled off a 113-103 win over Sunkist in the last day of the semifinals on December 3, ending the Orange Juicers' quest for a Grandslam season. Formula Shell places fourth in the season-ending conference which is their best finish since the 1993 Commissioners Cup.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Notable dates
March 11: Ronnie Magsanoc drilled in 15 fourth quarter points to lead Shell Rimula-X to a 100-81 romp over San Miguel Beermen in San Fernando, Pampanga.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Notable dates
November 5: Ronnie Magsanoc's three-pointer with 1:24 to play triggered a whirlwind windup by Formula Shell as it stayed alive for a semifinals berth by blasting Purefoods Hotdogs, 111-98.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Occurrences
During the Governors Cup, a week left before the end of the elimination round, the Gas Kings traded Paul Alvarez to San Miguel for Victor Pablo.


1995 Formula Shell Gas Kings season, Occurrences
In Shell's 90-88 win over San Miguel on November 7, which booked the Gas Kings a semifinals seat in the Governors Cup, Beermen forward Art Dela Cruz was ejected from the ballgame for elbowing Shell import Rodney Monroe with 3:53 left in the third quarter, a total of P 53,000 fines were slapped on both teams from the players, team officials and utility personnel who left their benches to join the melee.


1995 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
The 1995 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the new team in the United States Interregional Soccer League, playing in the USISL Professional League. It was also the twenty-ninth season of the club in professional soccer. Previously the club had fielded a team in the American Soccer League. After they folded that team, the club joined with the Fort Lauderdale Kicks in 1994 and created this team for the 1995 season. This year, the team finished in fourth place in the Southeast Division and did not make the playoffs. This would be the last incarnation of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers name until the 2011 team, as the club folded this team in the same year. The club fielded a new team known as the Florida Strikers in the 1996 season, playing in the USISL Premier League.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
The 1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision was a grade crossing collision that killed seven students riding aboard a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, on the morning of October 25, 1995. The school bus, driven by a substitute driver, was stopped at a traffic light with the rearmost portion extending onto a portion of the railroad tracks when it was struck by a Metra Union Pacific / Northwest Line train en route to Chicago.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
The crash involved a signalled rail crossing located very near a highway intersection which was regulated by traffic signals. The devices were connected and operations were supposed to be carefully timed and coordinated. Such locations are known as "interconnected crossings" within the industries. Highway and railroad officials had each received numerous complaints from the public about the insufficient timing of the warnings provided by the signals in the year prior to the crash, and citizens later told of situations with vehicles unable to clear the tracks in a timely manner.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation found that, while the bus driver was not aware that a portion of the bus was on the tracks as she should have, the timing of signals was so insufficient that, even if she had identified the hazard as the train approached, she would have had to proceed against a red traffic signal into the highway intersection to have moved out of the train's path.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
Legislation and re-engineering of interconnected crossings across the state of Illinois combined with greater awareness elsewhere resulted in efforts to help to prevent similar crashes from recurring. Informational decals were also added to Illinois school buses advising drivers of the length of each bus, since the substitute school bus driver was apparently unaware of the exact length of the bus she was driving. Other states have also embraced that and related aspects and incorporated them into their school bus driver training curriculum.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
The Fox River Grove crash stands as the worst crash involving a Metra train in its history, and one of the worst grade crossing crashes in U.S. history. At the crash site, the improved signaling system installed after the crash now protects the passing trains and motor vehicle traffic. Nearby is a small memorial to the seven high school students killed in the crash.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Incident
On October 25, 1995 at 7:10 am, Metra train number 624 collided with the back of a school bus carrying students to Cary-Grove High School. The collision occurred at the intersection of Algonquin Road, U.S. Route 14, and a double-tracked mainline belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad. At the time of the accident, the Metra train was traveling at approximately 60 miles per hour (97 km/h).


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Incident
The impact separated the body from the chassis of the bus and catapulted the wreckage into the intersection. Five students were killed during the collision and two later died from their injuries. Another 24 bus passengers were injured, some critically, and 4 passengers were not injured. Most victims suffered blunt trauma and head injuries. The most seriously injured suffered skull fractures, lacerations and internal injuries. None of the 3 train crew or approximately 120 train passengers were injured.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Vehicles involved
Metra train 624 consisted of six passenger cars, one cab car, and a locomotive, owned by Metra and operated by Union Pacific. The train was in push mode, with the engineer operating the locomotive from the cab car at the front of the train, and the locomotive pushing the train from the rear. Train 624 departed on-time from Crystal Lake station at 7:00 am bound for North Western Station in downtown Chicago. After the train departed Crystal Lake, it bypassed Cary station as it was an express train, before increasing speed to 70 mph (110 km/h).


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Vehicles involved
The school bus involved in the accident was a 71-passenger school bus built by American Transportation Company, and was owned and operated by School Districts 47 and 155 through a Transportation Joint Agreement. At the time of the accident, 35 students were on board. The driver was a substitute driver that was normally the assistant transportation director for the districts. The driver had not driven the route before on a bus, and had not crossed the railroad crossing in a school bus or personal vehicle.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Timeline
All times are approximate, given in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report as the best approximation of when the events occurred as a result of their investigation. All times are given in Central Daylight Time.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Failure of judgment
The initial cause of the crash was the failure of the bus driver to properly judge the distance between the railroad tracks when the vehicle stopped at a traffic signal across the tracks. The failure of judgment meant that around 3 inches (76 mm) of the back end of the bus protruded over the nearest rail. The body of the Metra train protruded 3 feet (1 m) past the rail. All of the injuries were sustained during this initial impact.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Failure of judgment
The crossing was of inherently dangerous design, in that a long vehicle could be partially trapped on the crossing while held by a red light at the intersection. If the driver had realized the danger, she would still have been forced to pull through a red light to clear the track when the warning bells sounded.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Failure of judgment
Children began joking that the driver Patricia Catencamp was oblivious to the fact that a crossing gate lowered on the bus, then began screaming for her to move forward. She did not understand their message and diverted her attention away from the traffic signal. NTSB concluded the traffic signal did turn green 6 seconds before impact, but Catencamp was distracted trying to attend to what she presumed was some crisis within the bus.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Highway reconstruction
As with most transportation crashes, there were other conditions present that created an environment in which this type of collision could occur. These causes take root in the history of the road, the railroad, and the crossing.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Highway reconstruction
Prior to the early 1990s, the Northwest Highway ran as a two-lane road (one lane in each direction) parallel to the former Chicago & North Western rail line (Union Pacific Railroad after April 1995). The distance between the road and the railroad is relatively constant in the state—roughly 60 feet (18 m), assuming a two-lane road and impediment-free alignment. This distance was more than enough to hold a 40 feet (12 m) bus.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Highway reconstruction
When the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) reconstructed the highway to encourage development in the area and limit congestion, three lanes were added to the road to create a four-lane highway with turn lanes at the intersection. To limit the impact of the road expansion to businesses on the northern side of the highway, IDOT reduced the distance between the road and the railroad from 60 feet to around 30 feet (9.1 m). They also erected a modernized traffic signal to ensure traffic cleared the crossing in front of an approaching train. These actions increased the chances of a train impacting a school bus, but were not leading causes.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Crossing design
The type of crossing where the crash occurred is known as an interconnected crossing because of the need to link the railroad signals to the road signals to ensure safe passage. On this particular route, bus drivers on Algonquin Road had been known to cross the tracks to stop at the line at Northwest Highway, leaving them vulnerable to passing trains if they happened to still be stopped when the gates lowered. In addition, vehicle sensors were only present on the north side of the railroad tracks. Buses, trucks and other large vehicles were forced to pull through the railroad crossing in order to activate the signals at the intersection.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Improper preemption programming
According to tests conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board, the warning lights on the railroad crossing activated 20 seconds before the arrival of the Metra train. However, the traffic light clearing the rail intersection only allowed cars to clear 18 seconds after the railway signals activated, giving vehicles only 2 to 6 seconds to clear the tracks. Roadway signal timing was under the jurisdiction of IDOT, while railway timing was under the jurisdiction of Union Pacific. No communication took place between both parties with regards to interconnected signal timing.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Improper preemption programming
It was reported that the road signals had originally given a safe margin, but had been modified some months previously to allow a pedestrian crossing cycle, overlooking the possible consequences at the railroad crossing. The traffic signal would rest in the "WALK" indication for pedestrians during the morning commute period. When a train is detected, the pedestrian interval must be ended. This process used up 12 seconds of warning time as the train approached. Pedestrian volumes at this crosswalk were extremely light, according to a survey conducted by the Village of Fox River Grove in May 1996.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Improper preemption programming
IDOT traffic engineers responsible for establishing signal timings should have recognized that in this particular case, resting in "WALK" carries substantial risk and virtually no benefit, and should not have allowed the traffic signal to rest in the pedestrian "WALK" interval. If the traffic signals had not been serving the non-existent pedestrian, the bus would have had a green light 12 seconds earlier than it did, and the collision would almost certainly have been avoided.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Causes, Improper preemption programming
In addition, the thumbwheel setting on the crossing processor was reduced to 25 seconds from 30 seconds two weeks before the crash. Union Pacific officials stated that the new value was still above the minimum constant warning time of 20 seconds.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Litigation
Lawsuits were filed the month after the crash, and the last of these was resolved in January 2004. A total of $27.3 million was paid to the victims; of this amount, the school district paid $16.26 million, as school districts are held responsible for the actions of their drivers. The Union Pacific Railroad and Metra paid $7 million. Engineering contractors and the Illinois Department of Transportation settled for $3.2 million and $750,000, respectively.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
The National Transportation Safety Board issued 29 distinct recommendations to 17 distinct parties in the aftermath of the crash. These recommendations are summarized as follows:


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Develop a safety inspection program for railroad crossings that involve other public entities (schools and other state departments). Notify, in cooperation with AASHTO, other agencies about the importance of exchanging information about railroad/highway crossings. Develop a common glossary of railroad/highway crossing terms and distribute to railroad and public entities. Develop a training program specifically regarding interconnected crossings. Require recording devices on all interconnected crossings in the future, and require their usage when both railroad and joint maintenance is done on the crossing. Upgrade existing recording devices to fulfill the previous condition.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the Federal Highway Administration: Develop a way to visually show on pavement where a train and/or its cargo may be to assist drivers in determining their safe distance from the crossing. Develop, with the cooperation of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Operation Lifesaver, educational materials to inform motorists of how a train and/or its cargo can occupy a crossing. Review the national Highway-Rail Crossing inventory with the Federal Railroad Administration to ensure that it meets the needs of highway users as well.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the Federal Railroad Administration: Update the national Highway-Rail Crossing inventory. Include, at a minimum, grade crossings having pre-emptive or interconnected signals.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Determine what effect sound attenuation materials in buses have on the ability of the bus driver to discern both internal and external audible warnings.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the Illinois Department of Transportation: Review all interconnected crossings in Illinois, and ensure that vehicles at all of these crossings have enough space or time to clear the crossing when a train approaches. Train subcontractors to ensure they have proper knowledge of all working interconnected systems.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the Transportation Joint School District 47/155: Develop a program to identify possible hazards on all bus routes. Review the information with both regular and substitute bus drivers regularly.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
To the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services: Advise their members of the accident and its circumstances. Develop programs for the identification of hazards on bus routes. Develop guidelines for the appropriate placement of radios on school buses. When establishing bus routes, consider unusual operating characteristics or grade crossing accident histories. Advise members to disable radio speakers located next to drivers' heads.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
In addition, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, National Association of County Engineers, American Public Works Association, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Association of American Railroads, American Short Line Railroad Association and American Public Transit Association were all advised to notify their members of the circumstances of the crash, and distribute information on the importance of exchanging information about railroad/highway grade crossings.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, NTSB recommendations
In the state of Illinois alone, 188 other interconnected crossings were inspected for hazardous conditions. Of these, 24 had similar problems, and were repaired.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Consequences, Bus route changes
New route designs brought the number of routes crossing railroad tracks in the District 47 and District 155 school systems down from 70% in 1996 to 10% in 1997.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Memorials
A large granite memorial and two plaques were placed near the site of the crash in memory of the seven students killed in the crash.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Memorials
The library under construction in Fox River Grove was named the Fox River Grove Memorial Library in memory of the accident victims. A memorial plaza was constructed on library grounds, and was dedicated in October 2000.


1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision, Memorials
A memorial was installed at Cary-Grove High School, the destination of the bus. The memorial, called The Circle of Friends, features thirty-six stones to represent the passengers and driver of the bus and seven blue spruce trees to commemorate those who died.


1995 France bombings
The 1995 France bombings were a series of attacks that targeted public transport systems in Paris and Lyon, as well as a school in Villeurbanne. They were carried out by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, who sought to expand the Algerian Civil War to France. The attacks killed eight people, all during the first attack on 25 July 1995. The attack also injured 190 people.


1995 France bombings
The assassination of Abdelbaki Sahraoui, a co-founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was a prelude to the extension of the Islamists' terrorist campaign in France.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
On 25 July 1995 a gas bottle exploded in the Saint-Michel station of line B of the RER metropolitan train system in Paris. Emergency service vehicles then used Place Saint-Michel and the surrounding bridges and streets to attend the scene, while Parvis Notre-Dame became a helicopter landing site and a nearby café, Le depart Saint-Michel, was used as a field hospital. At 8:00 that evening, national news on France 2 announced that four people had been killed and another 40 injured in a "mysterious explosion". At that time, no official sources had confirmed that it was a terrorist attack. This was only confirmed later, and the final outcome was said to be eight deaths and 117 injured. It was the deadliest terror attack in France since the 1983 Orly Airport attack, and would be the only deadly attack for the GIA's 1995 bombing campaign in France.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
On 17 August, a second bomb hidden in a public bin near the Arc de Triomphe wounded 16 people. The bomb was composed of a gas bottle filled with nails.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
On 26 August a huge bomb was found on the railway tracks of a high-speed rail line near Lyon. It was supposed to explode when a train passed. Fingerprints of Khaled Kelkal and Boualem Bensaïd were found on the bomb. The leader of the group, Khaled Kelkal was quickly identified and his picture appeared all over France. Bombing attacks continued with an attack on 3 September at an open market in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, causing three injuries; and on 7 September when a car bomb exploded near a Jewish school in Villeurbanne, a town near Lyon, causing thirteen injuries.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
The wanted suspect, Khaled Kelkal, was killed on 29 September by members of the French EPIGN gendarmerie unit near Lyon as he resisted arrest. Nonetheless, the attacks continued on 6 October, the day of Khaled Kelkal’s funeral; another gas bottle exploded in the Maison Blanche station of the Paris Métro, wounding twelve people. Boualem Bensaïd’s fingerprints were again found on the bomb. The next day, a statement from GIA commander Djamel Zitouni, written on 23 September, arrived at the Reuters press agency in Cairo. He said the "Jihad"- the "military strikes at the heart of France", were intended to punish it for supporting the Algerian government. A letter was also sent to Jacques Chirac through the French Embassy in Algiers, urging him to convert to Islam.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
On 17 October a gas bottle exploded between the Musée d'Orsay and Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame stations of RER Line C, wounding 29. Investigators found a transportation card on Smaïn Aït Ali Belkacem used a few minutes before the attack in a nearby underground station.


1995 France bombings, Attacks
Additional bombs were found and cleared without casualties during morning searches of Metro and RER stations, often in public toilets. Increased security required the removal of all public bins, to prevent bombs from being hidden inside.


1995 France bombings, Arrests and trials
Members of the Armed Islamic Group and the "Kelkal Group" have since been prosecuted on various charges. Some suspects fled to the United Kingdom. Extradition proceedings against Rachid Ramda began in 1995 and went on for nearly ten years, during which Ramda remained detained in London's Belmarsh Prison. Ramda was eventually extradited to France on 1 December 2005 in connection with the bombings. On 26 October 2007 Ramda was sentenced to life in prison for financing the attacks.


1995 France bombings, Arrests and trials
According to FBI terrorism consultant Evan Kohlmann, part of the money used to finance the bombings came from people connected to the Brandbergen Mosque in Haninge, Sweden.


1995 France bombings, Aftermath
Algeria-France relations were heavily affected by these events. Jacques Chirac refused to meet with Algerian ministers, openly saying that the GIA could have been manipulated by the Algerian secret services.


1995 France bombings, Aftermath
Legislation on terrorism in France was reinforced with a new law in 1996, allowing police forces to perform searches at night. The French government also suspended the Schengen Acquis which allows free movement across borders within Europe, keeping the restrictions in place until March 1996.


1995 France bombings, Aftermath
Vigipirate, the French national security alert system was activated in September 1995 as a result of the attacks, and is still in place in 2020. The crisis only lessened when Lionel Jospin became prime minister in 1997 and Abdelaziz Bouteflika became the new Algerian president in 1999.


1995 Frankfurt Galaxy season
The 1995 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the third season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Ernie Stautner in his first year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl '95, Frankfurt defeated the Amsterdam Admirals 26–22. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship.


1995 French Figure Skating Championships
The 1995 French Figure Skating Championships (French: Championnat de France Elite) took place in December 1994 in Bordeaux for singles and pairs and in Besançon for ice dance. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. The event was used to help determine the French team to the 1995 World Championships and the 1995 European Championships.


1995 French Grand Prix
The 1995 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 2 July 1995. It was the seventh race of the 1995 Formula One World Championship.


1995 French Grand Prix
The 72-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Benetton-Renault. Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he was overtaken by Schumacher during the first round of pit stops. Schumacher's eventual winning margin over Hill was 31 seconds, with Hill's teammate David Coulthard third.


1995 French Open
The 1995 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 99th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1995.


1995 French Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Nicklas Kulti /  Magnus Larsson, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1.


1995 French Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Jana Novotná /  Arantxa Sánchez, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5.


1995 French Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Jill Hetherington /  John-Laffnie de Jager, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4).


1995 French Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Raemon Sluiter /  Peter Wessels defeated  Justin Gimelstob /  Ryan Wolters, 7–6, 7–5


1995 French Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Corina Morariu /  Ludmila Varmužová defeated  Alice Canepa /  Giulia Casoni, 7–6, 7–5


1995 French Open – Men's Doubles
The 1995 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 94th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1995.


1995 French Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 French Open – Men's Singles
Thomas Muster defeated 1989 champion Michael Chang in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4, to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1995 French Open. He became the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam title. Sergi Bruguera was the defending champion, but he was defeated by Chang in the semifinals.


1995 French Open – Men's Singles
During the tournament Mats Wilander and Karel Novacek tested positive for cocaine, which, after legal proceedings, ultimately resulted in a three months suspension from the ATP Tour issued in May 1997. In addition both players had to return prize money and forfeit ranking points.


1995 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1995 French Open – Mixed Doubles
The 1995 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 94th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1995.


1995 French Open – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 French Open – Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the three-time defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5.


1995 French Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 French Open – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated defending champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–0 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1995 French Open. Sánchez Vicario lost the world No. 1 ranking to Graf following this tournament, and would never recapture it. That would remain the last time until 2013 that the top two seeded players would play each other in the French Open final.


1995 French Open – Women's Singles
The match between Virginie Buisson and Noëlle van Lottum was the longest women's match in the game, spanning 4 hours and 7 minutes. This would later be broken by Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and Regina Kulikova in the 2010 Australian Open.


1995 French Open – Women's Singles
The tournament was also notable for being the first appearance of future World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Amélie Mauresmo competed in the main draw.


1995 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1995 French Socialist Party presidential primary
The 1995 Socialist Party presidential primary was the selection process by which members of the Socialist Party of France chose their candidate for the 1995 French presidential election.


1995 French Socialist Party presidential primary
Lionel Jospin won the primary by a huge margin. He later lost the presidential election to conservative candidate Jacques Chirac on 7 May 1995, obtaining 47% of the vote in the runoff.


1995 French Supertouring Championship
The 1995 French Supertouring Championship was won by Yvan Muller driving a BMW 318iS of Team BMW Fina.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth
On 17 June 1995, the French Consulate in West Perth, Western Australia was firebombed and destroyed. The act was a violent protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific. Within six months two individuals identifying as the previously unknown Pacific Popular Front were arrested and convicted of wilful and unlawful damage.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Details
Around 4:40am Saturday morning, 17 June 1995, neighbours called emergency services to report hearing explosions at the French consulate. The consulate was located in West Perth, in a converted single-storey Federation-style house, about 90 years old with brick walls and a largely timber interior. Fire services responded within four minutes and the fire took one hour to completely extinguish. The building was destroyed, and there were no injuries. The site was investigated by detectives from the arson squad, with damage estimated at A$300,000 by fire services.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Details
Some suspected the firebombing was linked to France's decision to resume nuclear testing on Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, announced by President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday that week. Police chief superintendent Fred Zagami said police had taken "pro-active security steps in regard to the French consulate" on Wednesday, and nearly 100 people attended a peaceful demonstration outside the consulate on Friday. Honorary French consul Dr Robert Pearce, a plastic surgeon whose consulting rooms and patient records were housed in the consulate, told the media he believed the fire was a protest against nuclear testing.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Details
"We have to accept that in a democracy Australians have as much right as people in other parts of the world to demonstrate, but they shouldn't demonstrate by damaging or destroying other people's life. And this to me is an attack, a personal attack, as much as an attack on something that represents another sovereign state." - Honorary French consul Robert Pearce, 17 June 1995.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Details
The French embassy in Canberra described the fire as "a series of criminal explosions" and "an unjustifiable criminal act which could have had tragic consequences". Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said "if it is proved that this action is a violent protest against the resumption of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific, it must be condemned for the extreme form it has taken", and intentional destruction of property was "not part of the Australian way of life and must be rejected on every occasion." Bob McMullan, Australia's Acting Foreign Minister, advised the media to show restraint and discourage "copy-cat incidents". Western Australia's Premier, Richard Court, said the fire was "an act of terrorism which we don't accept in this country".


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Details
Later that day, a group named the Pacific Popular Front claimed responsibility for the fire. Sergeant Chris Ferris, the WA Police media liaison officer, said that a male telephoned all newspapers and television stations in Perth and SBS in Sydney and read them a message. SBS reporter Jane Willcox said the caller told them, "The Pacific Popular Front is claiming responsibility for fire-bombing the French embassy [sic]. It was an attack on their belligerence." Sergeant Ferris said the police force had not previously heard of the Pacific Popular Front.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Arrests
On 4 July 1995, 20-year-old Bosco Boscovich and 21-year-old Maya Catts were arrested and charged with causing "damage by fire", after allegedly starting the fire with two Molotov cocktails. Police traced one of the phone calls made to reporters to a house in Victoria Park. Police said the two friends acted alone, unconnected to the anti-nuclear movement, and the Pacific Popular Front did not exist.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Arrests
Boscovich, a Zimbabwean-born Australian citizen and Curtin University student formerly known as Michael Joseph Keenan, pleaded guilty on 21 July 1995 to arson, and was sentenced on 28 August 1995 to three years jail with eligibility for parole. The fire was started when two Molotov cocktails, made using glass wine bottles, cloth and $1.25 worth of petrol, were thrown through two of the building's windows. Judge Antoinette Kennedy said Boscovich wanted to make the French aware of opposition to their nuclear testing, but he did not expect to cause so much damage, estimated at $256,000.


1995 French consulate bombing in Perth, Arrests
Catts, an unemployed dual Australian-Israeli citizen, pleaded guilty to wilful and unlawful damage on 3 November 1995. On 1 December 1995, she was sentenced to 12 months, which was doubled on appeal on 20 March 1996 to two years jail.


1995 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1995 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 July 1995 at the Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France.


1995 French municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 1995, more or less than one month after Jacques Chirac's election.


1995 French municipal elections
The far-right National Front elected 3 mayors in Provence: Toulon, Orange, Marignane. It was the first time the far-right led an executive alone. In other races, Jean Tiberi (RPR) succeeded Jacques Chirac as Mayor of Paris. In Marseille, the UDF-Republican Jean-Claude Gaudin succeeded the socialist Gaston Defferre. In Lyon, former UDF Prime Minister Raymond Barre succeeded to another right-wing incumbent mayor.


1995 French presidential election
Presidential elections in France to elect the fifth president of the French Fifth Republic took place on 23 April and 7 May 1995.


1995 French presidential election, Background
The French Socialist Party incumbent president, François Mitterrand, who had been in office since 1981, did not stand for a third term. He was 78, had terminal cancer, and his party had lost the 1993 French legislative election in a landslide defeat. Since then, he had been "cohabiting" with a right-wing cabinet led by Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, a member of the neo-Gaullist RPR party.


1995 French presidential election, Background
Balladur had promised the RPR leader, Jacques Chirac, that he would not run for the presidency, but as polls showed him doing well and he had the support of many right-wing politicians, he decided to run. The competition within the right between Balladur and Chirac was a major feature of the campaign.


1995 French presidential election, Background
Meanwhile, the left was weakened by scandals and disappointments regarding Mitterrand's presidency along with the unemployment rate hovering around 10%. In June 1994, former Prime Minister Michel Rocard was dismissed as leader of the Socialist Party (PS) after the party's poor showing in the European Parliament elections. Then, Jacques Delors decided not to stand as a candidate because he disagreed with the re-alignment on the left orchestrated by new party leader Henri Emmanuelli.


1995 French presidential election, Background
This left the field wide open for numerous potential candidacies: among those who are known to have considered a run, or were strongly urged by others, are Jack Lang, Pierre Joxe, Laurent Fabius, Ségolène Royal and Robert Badinter. Former party leader and education minister Lionel Jospin was chosen by PS members as the party's candidate in a primary election pitting him against Emmanuelli. He promised to restore the credibility and moral reputation of his party, but his chances of winning were seen as being thin. The economy was also still struggling with a depression which began in mid-1990, and the government's policies were widely blamed for both the recession and its slow recovery.


1995 French presidential election, Background
The French Communist Party (PCF) tried to stop its electoral decline. Its new leader Robert Hue campaigned against "king money" and wanted to represent a renewed communism. He was faced with competition for the far left vote by the Trotskyist candidacy of Arlette Laguiller, who ran for the fourth time. Both of these candidates had a better result than their parties had in 1988, but came nowhere near being able to participate in the next round. In choosing Dominique Voynet, the Greens opted for their integration with the left.


1995 French presidential election, Background
On the far-right, Jean-Marie Le Pen tried to repeat his surprising result that he obtained in the 1988 presidential election. His main rival for the far-right vote was Philippe de Villiers, candidate of the eurosceptic parliamentary right. Both candidates primarily focused over the financial situation.


1995 French presidential election, Background
In January 1995, when he announced his candidacy, Balladur was the favourite of the political right. According to the SOFRES polls institute, he held an advantage of 14 points over Chirac (32% against 18% for the first round). He took advantage of his "positive assessment" as Prime Minister and advocated a moderately liberal economic policy. Chirac denounced the "social fracture" and criticised the "dominant thought", targeting Balladur. Chirac argued that "the pay slip is not the enemy of employment". Indeed, unemployment was the main theme of the campaign. From the start of March, Chirac gained ground on Balladur in the polls. Another factor that contributed to Balladur's fall in popularity was the revelation of a bugging scandal which had implicated Balladur.


1995 French presidential election, Background
Chirac's campaign slogan was "La France pour tous" ("France for everyone"); Balladur's "Believe in France"; and Jospin's "A clear vote for a more just France".


1995 French presidential election, Results, First round
Lionel Jospin won the first round, in what appeared to be an electoral recovery for the Socialist Party. His right-wing challenger for the runoff vote on 7 May was Jacques Chirac and not Edouard Balladur. Defeated, Balladur endorsed the RPR candidate. Jean-Marie Le Pen repeated his good result of the previous presidential election.


1995 French presidential election, Results, Second round
During the TV debate between the two finalists, they disagreed about the presidential term. Jospin wanted to reduce it to five years whereas Chirac was in favour of the seven-year term. The PS candidate responded: "The choice is five years with me or seven years with Jacques Chirac, which will be very long". Eventually, the presidential term was reduced to five years after the 2002 election.


1995 French presidential election, Results, Second round
Chirac was elected President and Balladur resigned as prime minister. Foreign minister Alain Juppé succeeded him.


1995 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1995 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Jim Sweeney, in his eighteenth year, and they played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. They finished the 1995 season with a record of five wins, seven losses  (5–7, 2–6 WAC).


1995 GJ
1995 GJ might be a trans-Neptunian object and/or high-inclination cubewano from the Kuiper belt in the outermost region of the Solar System, and based on the calculated distance and brightness is assumed to be approximately 175 kilometers (110 miles) in diameter. It is a lost minor planet that has only been observed six times on the nights of 3–4 April 1995, by David Jewitt and Jun Chen at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, using the UH88 telescope, and has not been observed ever since.


1995 GJ
The object is estimated to have been discovered right at perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at a distance of 39±1900 AU from the Sun. On the night of discovery, the object is estimated to have been moving away from Earth at 16 km/s with the uncertainty in the velocity being an unrealistic ±238000 km/s (80% the speed of light).


1995 GJ, Orbit
The nominal orbit of 1995 GJ suggests it orbits the Sun at a distance of 39–46 AU once every 281 years with an assumed eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic. But 1995 GJ has the highest possible orbital uncertainty and thus very large uncertainties in the orbital elements. With only a 1-day observation arc, the orbit is so poorly constrained as to be almost worthless. The eccentricity is listed as 0.09 ± 771, even though realistically it will be less than 1.


1995 GJ, Orbit
Otherwise known for their low inclinations, this cubewano may be the first of its kind to have an inclination greater than 20°. But as a one-night stand with only 6 observations, 1995 GJ has numerous orbits that fit the uncertainties in the very small dataset. 1995 GJ could be a trans-Neptunian object, a centaur, or a much closer main belt asteroid 100 times smaller in diameter. As an example, (392741) 2012 SQ31 (when it had a one-day observation arc) was thought to be a potential trans-Neptunian dwarf planet, but is now known to be a small main belt asteroid.


1995 GJ, Orbit
Using the nominal orbit with the assumed eccentricity, 1995 GJ may come to opposition around mid March of each year at an apparent magnitude of 22.9.


1995 GJ, Orbit
As of 2018, the uncertainty in the object's distance from the Sun is an unrealistic ±160 trillion km (17 ly).


1995 GP Ouest–France
The 1995 GP Ouest-France was the 59th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 27 August 1995. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Rolf Järmann of the MG Maglificio team.


1995 Gabonese constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Gabon on 23 July 1995. The vote sought public opinion on the implementation of the Paris Accords, which advised that constitutional reforms agreed to by the government and opposition during negotiations the previous year should be put into place. The changes were approved by 96.5% of voters with a 64.0% turnout.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships
The 1995 Gallery Furniture Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1995 WTA Tour. It was the 25th and last edition of the tournament and was held from April 10 through April 16, 1995. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $79,000 first-prize money.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships, Finals, Doubles
Nicole Arendt /  Manon Bollegraf defeated  Wiltrud Probst /  Rene Simpson 6–4, 6–2


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Doubles
Manon Bollegraf and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Nicole Arendt.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Doubles
Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Wiltrud Probst and Rene Simpson.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Singles
Sabine Hack was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Steffi Graf.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Singles
Graf won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Åsa Carlsson.


1995 Gallery Furniture Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1995 Games of the Small States of Europe
The VI Games of the Small States of Europe were held in 1995 by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1995 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1995 Gent–Wevelgem was the 57th edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 5 April 1995. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Lars Michaelsen of the Festina team.


1995 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1995 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 6–6 record.


1995 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 1995 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Tim Stowers in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a conference mark of 5–3, trying for third place in the SoCon. Georgia Southern advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Troy State in the first round before falling to eventual national champion Montana in the quarterfinals. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.


1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1995 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was George O'Leary. Tech played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.


1995 Georgian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November. The result was a victory for the Union of Citizens of Georgia, which won 108 of the 235 seats. Voter turnout was 66.6%


1995 Georgian parliamentary election
Due to its breakaway status, the elections were not held in Abkhazia, resulting in the 12 MPs elected in 1992 retaining their seats.


1995 Georgian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 5 November 1995. The result was a victory for Eduard Shevardnadze of the Union of Citizens of Georgia, who won 77.0% of the vote, with a 68.3% turnout.


1995 German Athletics Championships
The 1995 German Athletics Championships were held at the Weserstadion in Bremen on 30 June – 2 July 1995.


1995 German Figure Skating Championships
The 1995 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place from January 5th through 8th, 1995 in Oberstdorf. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and precision skating.


1995 German Formula Three Championship
The 1995 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1995 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 22 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at the same place on 15 October after eight double-header rounds.


1995 German Formula Three Championship
KMS driver Norberto Fontana became the first Argentine champion and the first champion from Americas. He dominated the season, winning ten of 16 races. Ralf Schumacher finished as runner-up with wins at Norisring and Diepholz Airfield Circuit, losing 85 points to Fontana. Massimiliano Angelelli also won at Norisring, completing the top-three in the drivers' championship. While Jarno Trulli, who spent his first two rounds in the B-Cup won both races in the season finale at Hockenheim. Jakob Sund won the title in B-Cup with just two-point advantage of Tim Bergmeister.


1995 German Formula Three Championship, Calendar
With the exception of round at Magny-Cours in France, all rounds took place on German soil.


1995 German Formula Three Championship, Championship standings, A-Class
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


1995 German Grand Prix
The 1995 German Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 July 1995 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim. It was the ninth race of the 1995 Formula One season. The 45-lap race was won by Benetton driver Michael Schumacher after he started from second position. David Coulthard finished second for the Williams team and Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger came in third.


1995 German Grand Prix, Summary
Damon Hill started the race from the pole position alongside Michael Schumacher. After making a good start, Hill spun in the first corner on the 2nd lap sending his car across a gravel trap and into a tyre  barrier (caused by a broken driveshaft), ending his race.


1995 German Grand Prix, Summary
Schumacher was left leading David Coulthard and Gerhard Berger, who was promptly assessed a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for jumping the start of the race. The penalty dropped Berger to 14th position though he fought back to finish back in 3rd place. Berger denied jumping the start, claiming that though his car did move slightly when he put it into gear, it was stationary when the green light came on to start the race.


1995 German Grand Prix, Summary
Benetton's 2-stop strategy for Schumacher prevailed over the 1-stop strategy Coulthard was on, as Schumacher pulled away from the field giving himself enough room to make his second pit stop and remain in the lead. Schumacher became the first German to win a World Championship German Grand Prix. His car broke down after the race had finished, as did that of team-mate Johnny Herbert and Aguri Suzuki (whose car caught fire).


1995 German Grand Prix, Summary
Initially it was believed that Hill spun off due to oil laid down on the track from overfull oil tanks – as it is common practice for teams to fill the oil tanks prior to the start of the race. A few days after the race, however, the Williams team discovered that Hill's car had in fact suffered from a driveshaft failure leading to his accident. Shortly before he went off, Murray Walker commented that he had noticed blue smoke coming out of the back of Hill's car; the reason for this was never discovered.


1995 German Grand Prix, Summary
The blown Ford engine of Pierluigi Martini spelt the end of the Italian's F1 career, as he was replaced in Minardi by Pedro Lamy for the next race.


1995 German Open (snooker)
The 1995 German Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 10 December 1995 at the Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany.


1995 German Open (snooker)
This was the first ranking event held in Germany. John Higgins won the inaugural event defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final.


1995 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1995 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 21 May 1995 at the Nürburgring.


1995 Gerry Weber Open
The 1995 Gerry Weber Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the World Series of the 1995 ATP Tour. It took place at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 19 June through 26 June 1995. Fourth-seeded Marc Rosset won the singles title.


1995 Gerry Weber Open, Finals, Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Andrei Olhovskiy 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


1995 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Olivier Delaître and Guy Forget were the defending champions, but they did not participate together this year. Delaître partnered David Prinosil, losing in the semifinals. Forget partnered Jakob Hlasek, losing in the quarterfinals.


1995 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the title, defeating Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.


1995 Gerry Weber Open – Singles
Marc Rosset won the title, beating Stich 3–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(10–8) in the final.


1995 Ginebra San Miguel season
The 1995 Ginebra San Miguel season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1995 Ginebra San Miguel season, Summary
Ginebra bowed to Shell Rimula-X, 88-100, in the opening game of the season on February 19. The Gins lost their first three outings but found success during their out-of-town matches by winning against Shell, 129-120 on March 5 in Cabanatuan City, and Pepsi, 106-95 in San Fernando, Pampanga on March 11. The Ginebras won their last game in the eliminations over Purefoods, 106-86 on April 7, but were eliminated in the All-Filipino Cup semifinals along with San Miguel Beermen and Pepsi Mega. All three teams finish with four wins and six losses.


1995 Ginebra San Miguel season, Summary
Former Detroit Piston Isaiah Morris was Ginebra's import in the Commissioners Cup, the Ginebras won just once in the eliminations against Pepsi Mega, 122-116, in their third game on June 18 where Morris scored 50 points. The Gins lost their last seven matches for a dismal 1-9 won-loss slate.


1995 Ginebra San Miguel season, Summary
Morris played six games and was replaced by Darryl Prue, who played three games and with one assignment left for Ginebra in the elimination round, Prue was sent home and coming in was Alexander Coles, who was somehow impressive in the only game he played, a 106-112 Ginebra loss to Sta.Lucia on July 16. Coles later wowed the fans in the slam dunk contest during the All-Star Weekend.


1995 Ginebra San Miguel season, Summary
In the Governors Cup, Andre Hardy played three games and was replaced by Antonio Madison. Ginebra went winless in 10 games in the elimination round and lost their last 17 games for a forgettable campaign, an overall season record of five wins and 25 losses, the worst in their franchise history.


1995 Girabola
The 1995 Girabola was the 17th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. Atlético Petróleos de Luanda were the defending champions.


1995 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom four of which were relegated.


1995 Girabola
Petro de Luanda were crowned champions, winning their 10th title, and third in a row, while FC de Cabinda, Sonangol do Namibe, Sporting de Luanda and Sporting do Lubango were relegated.


1995 Girabola
Serginho of Desportivo da EKA finished as the top scorer with 19 goals.


1995 Girabola, Changes from the 1994 season
Relegated: Inter da Huíla, Sagrada EsperançaPromoted: Académica do Lobito, FC de Cabinda, Petro do Huambo, Sporting do Lubango


1995 Giro d'Italia
The 1995 Giro d'Italia was a Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in May and June 1995. It was the 78th edition of the event. The Giro began on 13 May with a stage that began in Perugia and ended Terni. The race came to a close on 4 June with a stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. The race was won by the Swiss Tony Rominger of the Mapei–GB–Latexco team. Second and third were the Russian rider Evgeni Berzin and Latvian rider Piotr Ugrumov.


1995 Giro d'Italia
Mario Cipollini won the event's first leg in a bunch sprint, allowing him to be the first rider to don the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey). The following stage was an individual time trial that was won by Rominger, who also gained enough time on Cipollini to take the race lead. Rominger built upon his lead by winning the remaining two time trial stages, along with the hilly stage 4, and retained the lead for the duration of the race. By winning the Giro he became the third Swiss rider to win the event.


1995 Giro d'Italia
In addition to the general classification, Tony Rominger also won the points and intergiro classifications. Brescialat–Fago rider Mariano Piccoli won the mountains classification. Gewiss–Ballan finished as the winners of the team classification. The team points classification, a system in which the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team, was also won by Gewiss-Ballan.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 1995 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 198 cyclists. Italy had the most riders participating with 85, while were the only other nations Spain (28) and France (15) were represented by more than 10 riders. Of these, 81 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 27.76 years, ranging from 19–year–old Sandro Giacomelli (Amore & Vita–Galatron) to 35–year–old Giancarlo Perini (Brescialat–Fago). The team with the youngest average rider age was Navigare–Blue Storm (25), while the oldest was Mapei–GB–Latexco (29). Of the riders that started this edition of the Giro d'Italia, a total of 122 riders made it to the finish in Milan.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton included Evgeni Berzin, the 1994 winner. Berzin's team, Gewiss–Ballan, also brought Latvian Piotr Ugrumov, a two-time Grand Tour runner-up. The two riders had developed a mutual distaste for each other. El País writers Paolo Viberti and Carlos Arribas believed that Swiss rider Tony Rominger and Latvian Piotr Ugrumov were the favorites to win the race, while several named Rominger as the sole favorite. Author Bill McGann believed that Rominger and Berzin were in great form coming into the race.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
Specifically, Rominger returned to the Giro after a six-year absence and, more recently, coming off of a victory at the Tour de Romandie. Urgumov was seen as the primary challenger for Rominger for his performances at previous Giros and his knack for showing great form in the final week after remaining quiet in the first two weeks. Aside from Rominger and Berzin, El Punt's Luis Simon named 1988 winner Andrew Hampsten, Russian Pavel Tonkov, and Claudio Chiappucci amongst several other riders that could challenge for the overall title.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
Italian Marco Pantani was seen by some to be a contender for to win the race. However, Pantani crashed during a training ride on 1 May and did not recover in time to participate. Two-time winner Miguel Indurain chose not to enter the race in favor of preparing for the Tour de France. Instead, Indurain rode the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Twelve of the UCI Road World Cup top 20 ranked cyclists did not compete in the Giro d'Italia.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 1995 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Carmine Castellano on 12 November 1994 in Milan. It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were thirteen stages containing high mountains, of which five had summit finishes: stage 8, to Massiccio del Sirino; stage 11, to Il Ciocco; stage 14, to Schnals; stage 15, to Lenzerheide;  and stage 20, to Gressoney-Saint-Jean. The organizers chose to include one rest day. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 6 km (4 mi) longer, contained one more rest day, and the same number of stages. The nineteenth stage was regarded as the queen stage as it featured the climbs of the Col Agnel, Col d'Izoard, and Colle di Sampeyre.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The race route began in Perugia and traveled throughout the southern half of Italy for the first ten stages. After the stage 10 individual time trial, the riders were transferred to Tuscany by airplane, where the race remained in the northern half of the country and proceeded to cross into the higher and tougher mountains. There were a total of three stages that started outside Italy. Stage 15 ended in the Swiss city Lenzerheide and served as the start for the race's sixteenth stage. The mountainous twentieth stage began in the French city of Briançon.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The nineteenth stage was originally planned to stretch from Mondovì to Briançon over 202 km (126 mi). The stage finish was moved to part way up the ascent of the Col Agnel, due to avalanches. The stage finished in Pontechianale where the day's intermediate sprint had been planned after 129.9 km (81 mi) of racing. The avalanche trapped several fans that had gotten their earlier, along with their cars. Ten spectators were injured and two were taken to the hospital.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
Chiappucci believed that the descents of the mountains included in the race were very difficult. An El País writer found the route to be more mountainous than in years past. In addition, the writer mentioned that the increase in mountains within the route coupled with the reduced number of time trial kilometers, including the lack of a prologue, favored Marco Pantani. Three-time winner Gino Bartali believed that the route for the Giro was harder than the same year's Tour de France course.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Mario Cipollini won the race's opening stage by several bike lengths to don the race's first maglia rosa (English: pink jersey). Cipollini lost the lead to Tony Rominger following the stage 2 individual time trial that was contested in rainy conditions. Rominger was able to gain almost a minute on each of the main general classification contenders including Piotr Ugrumov and Evgeni Berzin. The third stage was Cipollini's second stage victory as he won the bunch sprint. The fourth stage was contested on a set circuit that was covered four times.


1995 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The day's breakaway managed to get a maximum of 14' 25" before gradually being pulled in. Claudio Chiappucci attacked on the final lap but was pulled back in by the chasing peloton. Ugrumov, Berzin, and Berzin's teammate Vladislav Bobrik then attacked and managed to form a gap. Rominger chased after and caught the riders, then passed them and went on to win the stage.