Video: 'Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for the Balkan Peace Agreement in Paris December 14, 1995'
(Thursday, December 14, 1995, President Clinton spoke at 12:50 p.m. CET) — Presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia signed the Bosnian peace treaty today in Paris during a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Bill Clinton and other international sponsors, ending the three-year-old Bosnian War, one of the Yugoslav Wars.
Video: 'The Beatles Anthology 1 [Disc 1] (full album)'
(Saturday, December 9, 1995) — Anthology 1, by The Beatles, with their first new song in 25 years, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard‘s 200 album chart for three consecutive weeks. Continue reading ‘Anthology 1’ album by The Beatles peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago today (Dec 9 1995)
Video: '12 Monkeys' trailer
(Friday, December 8, 1995, evening EST) — 12 Monkeys, a crime film about a convict of the future who is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet, premiered tonight at Gotham Cinema in New York City.
Directed by Terry Gilliam, the film starred Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer and David Morse.
Video: 'THE DEAD'
(Friday, December 8, 1995) — The surviving members of the rock band Grateful Dead announced today in a statement that they were breaking up after 30 years, four months after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
Video: 'Lessons from NASA's Galileo Probe | How the Universe Works'
(Thursday, December 7, 1995, 22:04 UTC) — A 746-pound probe from the Galileo spacecraft hurtled into Jupiter’s atmosphere today, sending back data to the mother-ship before it was presumably destroyed.
Video: 'Heat' trailer
(Wednesday, December 6, 1995, evening PST) — Heat, a crime film about a group of five lifetime robbers who plan one last heist, premiered tonight at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
Directed by Michael Mann, the film starred Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight and Val Kilmer.
Video: 'Sense and Sensibility' trailer
(Monday, December 4, 1995, evening PST) — Sense and Sensibility, a British–American period drama film version of Jane Austen’s classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions, premiered tonight at Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.
Directed by Ang Lee, the film starred Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
(Saturday, December 2, 1995) — “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey featuring Boyz II Men peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 16 weeks (Dec. 2/9/16/23/30, 1995, Jan. 6/13/20/27, Feb. 3/10/17/24, Mar. 2/9/16, 1996), the longest running number one song on the chart. It was Carey’s tenth of 18 number one hits on the chart (1990-2008) and Boyz II Men’s fourth of five number one hits on the chart (1992-1997).
Video: 'NASA/ESA SOHO - Launch, December 2, 1995'
(Saturday, December 2, 1995, 3:08 a.m. EST) — NASA today launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint project of the United States and the European Space Agency, on a $1 billion mission to study the sun and interplanetary space.
(Saturday, November 25, 1995) — “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” by Whitney Houston peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. It was the singer’s eleventh of eleven number one hits on the chart (1985-1995).
