Back to the future: 1995
Congratulations to all the graduates out there. It surely is a great milestone.
This article is dedicated to my stepson Ryan Wynn, who is graduating Saturday with the Perry High School class of 2013. It is funny how my husband and I will make a reference or a joke involving, say for instance, Mr. T, and the kids will just give us a blank stare. Our exclamations of “I pity the fool” just don’t evoke any response from those who didn’t watch “The A-Team” or reruns!
I always like to print information from the year most of the graduates were born, choosing 1995. These things happened the year you kids were born! Just wait until you have kids your age and they laugh at the pop culture you remember.
Don’t blink, it will be here before you know it! I always laughed when the parents and grandparents said that to me. Guess what? I’m not laughing anymore! Have a wonderful graduation celebration!
In 1995:
The yearly inflation rate was 2.81 percent
Postage was 32 cents
The average home cost $113,000 and the interest rate was 8.5 percent
A gallon of gas cost $1.09
Average cost of a new car was $15,500
A truck bomb was detonated outside the Federal Building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kobe, Japan.
The Dayton Accord is signed bringing peace to Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia
The Ebola virus kills 244 in Africa
O.J. Simpson is found innocent in the death of Nicole Simpson
Dow Jones closes at 5,000 for the first time
The 55-mph speed limit imposed during the Middle East Crisis of 1973/1974 is ended
Steve Fossett is the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific in a hot air balloon.
Major League Baseball players end 232-day strike
New optical storage device called DVD announced
Windows 95 released
Space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Space Station Mir for the first time
“Toy Story,” first totally computer generated movie released.
Popular films: “Batman Forever,” “Apollo 13,” “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,” “GoldenEye,” “Jumanji,” “Braveheart”
Popular musicians: Weezer, Rage Against the Machine, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, Blues Traveler, Janet Jackson, Smashing Pumpkins
Jillinda Falen has been buying and selling antiques for over 27 years. She is a licensed REALTOR and estate liquidation specialist. You can contact here through the Houston Home Journal or via email at falen@windstream.net.
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