- 1995 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1995 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister -John Major , ConservativeEvents
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1 January -Fred West is found hanged in his cell atWinson Green Prison inBirmingham . The 53-year-old had been on remand sinceFebruary last year, having allegedly murdered 12 people whose bodies were found at three locations in and aroundGloucester . The crimes are believed to have been committed between1967 and1987 . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_2460000/2460563.stm|title="1995: Serial killer West found hanged", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*25 January - Manchester United footballer,Eric Cantona , launches a kung-fu style kick on Crystal Palace supporterMatthew Simmons after being sent off in a game atSelhurst Park .
*27 January - Manchester United fine Eric Cantona £20,000 and suspend him until the end of the season for his kung-fu attack on a Crystal Palace supporter. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_2506000/2506237.stm|title="1995: Cantona banned over attack on fan", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*1 February - Animal rights campaignerJill Phipps , 31, dies after being hit by a lorry during protesting atCoventry Airport .
*26 February -Barings Bank , the UK's oldestmerchant bank collapses following $1.4 billion of losses by rogue trader,Nick Leeson .
*28 February - "The Diary of Bridget Jones " column first published in "The Independent ".cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*9 March - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visitNorthern Ireland for the first time since the IRA and Loyalist ceasefires which came into force last year. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/9/newsid_2516000/2516659.stm|title="1995: Queen marks peace in Belfast", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*23 March - Eric Cantona is found guilty of common assault atCroydon Crown Court . The trial judge sentences him to 14 days in prison, but grants him bail pending an appeal against the sentence. TheFootball Association has since extended his ban from football until30 September this year and fined him a further £20,000.
*31 March - Eric Cantona's prison sentence is quashed on appeal and replaced with a 120-hour community service order.
* June -Rover Group launches the first MG sports car in 15 years with its newMG F , which is due on sale later this year. It also announces two new family car ranges - theRover 200 andRover 400 .
*13 May - mountain climberAlison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to ascendMount Everest without oxygen or sherpas.
*9 June - A British legal precedent is made when 26-year-old serial sex offender Andrew Richards ofWest Glamorgan becomes the first person to be convicted of male rape under theCriminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/9/newsid_2500000/2500803.stm|title="1995: First man jailed for male rape", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*22 June -John Major resigns as leader of the Conservative Party triggering a leadership election.
*4 July - John Major wins the Conservative Party leadership election, gaining 218 votes toJohn Redwood 's 89. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2493000/2493037.stm|title="1995: Major wins Conservative leadership", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*23 July -War in Bosnia and Herzegovina : British forces sent toSarajevo to help relieve theSiege of Sarajevo . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/23/newsid_2518000/2518249.stm|title="1995: British forces sent to Sarajevo", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*30 July - Police inNorth Wales launch a murder inquiry after the body of seven-year-old Sophie Hook is found on a beach nearLlandudno . She had gone missing from a nearby house during the night, and her body was found on the beach by a man walking his dog.
*6 August - Howard Hughes, a 30-year-oldColwyn Bay man, is charged with the murder of Sophie Hook.
*11 August - An inquest records a verdict of accidental death on Jill Phipps, the animal rights campaigner who was knocked down and killed by a lorry during protests atCoventry Airport .
*2 September - BoxerFrank Bruno wins the WBC world heavyweight championship.
*1 October - Eric Cantona returns from his suspension after eight months and scores a late equaliser for Manchester United in theirPremier League fixture against Liverpool.
*20 October - Vauxhall unveils its new Vectra range of large hatchbacks and saloons. The Vectra, which replaces the Cavalier, will be built inLuton and from next year will also be sold as an estate.
*25 October - SingerCliff Richard receives aknighthood .
*16 November
** The Queen Mother has a hip replacement operation. At 95, she is believed to be the oldest patient to undergo such surgery. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/16/newsid_2519000/2519247.stm|title="1995: Queen mum hip op 'successful'", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
**Essex studentLeah Betts , 18, dies in hospital three days after taking ecstasy at her home in Latchingdon. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/13/newsid_2516000/2516593.stm|title="1995: Ecstasy pill puts party girl in coma", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*20 November - The Princess of Wales gives a revealing television interview toMartin Bashir on the "Panorama" show onBBC One . The Princess openly discussed her adultery, depression and bulimia, her children, the media and the future of the monarchy in candid detail. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/20/newsid_4341000/4341436.stm|title="1995: Diana admits adultery in TV interview", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*22 November -Rosemary West sentenced to life imprisonment for her part in 10 murders which were committed in conjunction with her late husband Fred between1970 and1987 . The trial judge atWinchester Crown Court recommends that 42-year-old West should never be released from prison. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/22/newsid_2549000/2549073.stm|title="1995: Life sentence for Rosemary West", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*30 November -President of the United States ,Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/30/newsid_4459000/4459860.stm|title="1995: Clinton kindles hope in Northern Ireland", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*2 December - "Rogue trader"Nick Leeson is jailed for six-and-a-half years inSingapore on a double fraud charge relating to the recent financial collapse ofBarings Bank . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/2/newsid_2518000/2518423.stm|title="1995: Rogue trader jailed for six years", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*8 December
** HeadteacherPhilip Lawrence is stabbed to death outside his school,St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School in West London. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/8/newsid_2536000/2536661.stm|title="1995: Youth gang stabs head teacher to death", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
** Three drug dealers, part of the notorious "Essex Boys" gang, are found shot dead in the back of aRange Rover on an isolated country road.
*10 December -Joseph Rotblat wins theNobel Peace Prize . [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1995/|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1995|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*13 December - Riots inBrixton . [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/newsid_2559000/2559341.stm|title="1995: Riots break out in Brixton", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*20 December - The Queen writes to the Prince and Princess of Wales urging them to divorce as soon as possible. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/20/newsid_2538000/2538985.stm|title="1995: 'Divorce': Queen to Charles and Diana", BBC On This Day|accessdate=2008-01-30]
*30 December ,Altnaharra matches the lowesttemperature UK Weather Record at -27.2oC.Publications
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Martin Amis 's novel "The Information".
*Iain Banks ' novel "Whit ".
*Pat Barker 's novel "The Ghost Road ".
*Nick Hornby 's novel "High Fidelity".
*Terry Pratchett 'sDiscworld novel "Maskerade ".
*Philip Pullman 's novel "Northern Lights".Births
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12 July -Georgie Henley , actress
*24 August -Lady Amelia Windsor daughter ofGeorge, Earl of St. Andrews Deaths
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1 January -Fred West , serial killer (born 1941)
*7 January -Larry Grayson , comedian and gameshow host (born 1923)
*14 January - Alexander Gibson, conductor (born 1926)
*30 January -Gerald Durrell , naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter (born 1925)
*2 February
**Fred Perry , tennis player (born 1909)
**Donald Pleasence ,actor (born 1919)
*12 February -Robert Bolt , writer (born 1924)
*23 February -James Herriot , veterinary surgeon and writer (born 1916)
*17 March -Ronnie Kray , crime leader (born 1933)
*7 April -Nicholas Ingram , first British citizen to be executed by the electric chair in theUnited States (born c. 1964)
*2 May -Michael Hordern , actor (born 1911)
*15 May -Eric Porter , actor (born 1928)
*24 May -Harold Wilson , Prime Minister (born 1916)
*30 May -Ted Drake , footballer (born 1912)
*24 July -George Rodger , photojournalist (born 1908)
*3 August -Ida Lupino , actress and director (born 1914)
*19 August -Johnny Carey , footballer (born 1919)
*9 October -Alec Douglas-Home , Prime Minister (born 1903)
*4 November -Paul Eddington , actor (born 1927)
*16 November -Leah Betts , schoolgirl who died after taking ecstasy tablets (born 1977)
*22 December -James Meade , economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)References
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