Events 1995 in the United Kingdom

1 events

1.1 january
1.2 february
1.3 march
1.4 april
1.5 may
1.6 june
1.7 july
1.8 august
1.9 september
1.10 october
1.11 november
1.12 december
1.13 undated

events
january

1 january –

fred west, 53-year-old gloucester builder charged killing twelve women , children (including 2 of own daughters), found hanged in cell @ winson green prison, birmingham. due go on trial year, along 41-year-old wife rosemary, charged ten murders.
south korean industrial giant daewoo announces plans build new car factory in united kingdom within next few years, costing £350,000,000 , creating new jobs.


10 january – british transfer fee record broken when manchester united sign striker andy cole newcastle united in deal valued @ £7,000,000.
20 january – first mori poll of 1995 shows conservative party have cut labour s lead in polls 39 points 29.
25 january – eric cantona, french international forward, assaults spectator after being sent off while playing manchester united against crystal palace in fa premier league.
27 january – manchester united confirm eric cantona not play first team rest of current football season.

february

1 february – new domestic electrical appliances must supplied appropriately fused pre-wired plug.
7 february – rumbelows, electrical goods retailer , former sponsors of football league cup, closes 311 stores loss of more 3,000 jobs.
14 february – sizewell b nuclear power station, uk s commercial pressurised water reactor power station, first synchronised national grid.
15 february –

the manufacturing sector has reported biggest rise in employment since conservative government first came power sixteen years earlier, although national unemployment total rose last month, still being in excess 2,500,000 – has not been below level since late-1991.
the england football team s friendly match against republic of ireland in dublin abandoned due behavior of section of english fans, believed members of far-right activist groups.


16 february – neil kinnock, former leader of labour party, resigns parliament after twenty-five years take new role european commissioner, sparking by-election in islwyn constituency in south wales. labour holds onto seat new candidate don touhig, gains 70% of vote.
17 february – famous mg sports car brand, not seen on volume sports car since 1980, revived when rover group unveils new mgf sports car go on sale autumn.
21 february – george graham, has won 6 major trophies including 2 league titles in decade manager of arsenal f.c., sacked on allegations accepted illegal payments agent when signing 2 players in 1992.
24 february – football association bans eric cantona football 8 months, meaning not able play competitively until after 30 september.
26 february – barings bank, uk s oldest merchant bank collapses following $1,400,000,000 of losses rogue trader, nick leeson.
28 february – diary of bridget jones column first published in independent.

march

9 march – queen , duke of edinburgh visit northern ireland first time since ira , loyalist ceasefire came force last year.
20 march – queen arrives in cape town first royal visit south africa in fifty years.
23 march – eric cantona sentenced fourteen days imprisonment @ croydon crown court assault on crystal palace fan 2 months ago. remains free on bail, pending appeal against sentence, if appeal unsuccessful first footballer jailed in britain on-field offence.
31 march – eric cantona wins appeal against prison sentence, reduced 120-hour community service order.

april

1 april – daewoo begins selling cars in united kingdom. offers two-model range; nexia , espero – updated versions of 1984 vauxhall astra , 1981 vauxhall cavalier respectively.
8 april – british-born american national nicholas ingram, 31, executed in georgia murder committed in 1983.

may

4 may – conservative government s fortunes continue decline local council elections see them in control of mere 8 councils, while labour control 155 councils , liberal democrats control 45. conservatives have control of no councils in wales or scotland.
8 may – fiftieth anniversary of ve day celebrated across britain.
14 may – blackburn rovers become fa premier league champions, earning them first top division league title since 1914.
20 may – everton win fa cup 1–0 win on manchester united @ wembley stadium.
25 may – roseanna cunningham wins perth by-election scottish national party, 3 months after seat became vacant upon death of conservative mp sir nicholas fairbairn 3 months earlier. conservative majority has fallen 21 seats 11, in space of 3 years since last general election.

june

9 june – andrew richards, 26-year-old serial sex offender of west glamorgan, becomes first person convicted of male rape under criminal justice , public order act 1994.
14 june – first woman chief constable in britain appointed, pauline clare lancashire constabulary.
20 june – arsenal pay british record fee of £7,500,000 inter milan , holland striker dennis bergkamp.
22 june – in attempt re-assert authority, john major resigns leader of conservative party (but not prime minister) triggering leadership election.
23 june – latest mori opinion poll shows conservative support has reached 18-month high of 32%, labour still have 22-point lead on them.

july

3 july – british football transfer record fee broken third time in 6 months when liverpool sign striker stan collymore nottingham forest £8,400,000.
4 july – john major wins conservative party leadership election, gaining 218 votes john redwood s 89.
19 july

pensions act 1995 receives royal assent, proposing phase in state pension age women @ 65 (equalising men) on ten-year period , introducing measures intended safeguard occupational pension schemes.
unemployment reported on rise again, though government denies pointing towards recession.


23 july – war in bosnia , herzegovina: british forces sent sarajevo relieve siege of sarajevo.
27 july – conservative government s majority slashed further, 9 seats, liberal democrats win littleborough , saddleworth seat in lancashire, 2 months after left vacant death of conservative mp geoffrey dickens.

august

16 august – unemployment @ 2,315,300 – 1 of lowest figures recorded in last 4 years.
20 august – baps shri swaminarayan mandir london, europe s first traditional-style purpose-built hindu temple (and england s largest), inaugurated in neasden.
26 august – middlesbrough f.c. move new 30,000-seat riverside stadium, replace ayresome park had been home since 1903. new stadium largest club stadium built in england since interwar years.

september

2 september – boxer frank bruno wins wbc world heavyweight championship.
27 september – bbc begins regular digital audio broadcasting, crystal palace transmitting station.

october

7 october – conservative mp alan howarth defects labour, cutting government s majority 7 seats.
16 october – julie goodyear, joined itv soap opera coronation street thirty years ago , had been regular in series since 1970, departs show.
18 october – unemployment @ less 2,300,000 – lowest level more 4 years.
20 october – vauxhall unveils new vectra range of large hatchbacks , saloons. vectra, replaces cavalier, built in luton , next year sold estate car.
22 october – brilliant!, exhibition young british artists group (who feature heavily in year’s british art show), opens @ walker art center, minneapolis, usa.
25 october – singer cliff richard receives knighthood.

november

16 november –

queen elizabeth queen mother has hip replacement operation. @ ninety-five years of age, believed oldest patient undergo such surgery.
essex student leah betts, 18, dies in hospital 4 days after slipping coma due taking ecstasy tablet. tragedy has sparked media crusade, backed leah s father , stepmother, against drug , supplying it.


17 november

launch of european space agency s infrared space observatory including long wave spectrometer built in uk.
the today newspaper discontinued after 9 years in circulation.


20 november – diana, princess of wales gives revealing television interview martin bashir on panorama programme on bbc one. discusses adultery, depression , bulimia, children, media , future of monarchy in candid detail. estimated 22.78 million watch broadcast, all-time record uk current affairs programme.
22 november – rose west found guilty of murdering ten women , children, including 16-year-old daughter heather , seven-year-old stepdaughter charmaine, after trial @ winchester crown court. sentenced life imprisonment recommendation never released.
24 november – spy james bond returns u.k. cinemas 6 years after last film made, seventeenth film goldeneye, irish actor pierce brosnan playing part of bond, filmed @ newly-created leavesden studios.
28 november – budget: chancellor ken clarke cuts basic level of income tax 24p in pound.
30 november – president of united states, bill clinton visits northern ireland.

december

2 december – rogue trader nick leeson jailed six-and-a-half years in singapore on double fraud charge relating recent financial collapse of barings bank.
8 december – head teacher philip lawrence, 48, dies after being stabbed while protecting pupil teenage gang outside school in maida vale.
10 december – joseph rotblat wins nobel peace prize.
13 december – race riots break out in brixton, west london, following death of black man in police custody.
20 december – queen writes prince , princess of wales 3 years after separation, urging them divorce possible.
29 december – conservative majority stands @ mere 5 seats following defection of mp emma nicholson liberal democrats.

undated

the driest summer in recorded english meteorological history, average ewp series of 66.9 millimetres (2.63 in), , third-hottest average central england temperature of 17.40 °c (63.32 °f).
contingent fee litigation permitted in courts of england , wales.
1% of uk population (some 600,000 people) have internet access.




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