1995: A Nation of Millions - Spcl Gst Terrence Afro Pop Remix

Topics: Million Man March, TLC, Friday, UPN (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)
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1995 Notes
 
1.    Snapshots
 
2.    President: Bill Clinton
 
3.    Jan - The WB Television Network and The United Paramount Network (UPN) launches.
 
4.    Mar - Yahoo! was incorporated and soon became the first popular online directory and search engine on the World Wide Web.
 
5.    Mar - Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865. Until February 7, 2013, the state of Mississippi had never submitted the required documentation to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, meaning it never officially abolished slavery.
 
6.    Mar - Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E is suddenly hospitalized, diagnosed with AIDS, and dies due to its complications.
 
7.    Apr - Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols, set off the bomb.
 
8.    May - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. [See - “Superman Curse”]
 
9.    Sep - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens.
 
10.    Oct - The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
 
11.    Dec - The presidents of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia sign a peace treaty in Paris, ending a three-and-a-half-year war.
 
12.    Music Snapshots
 
13.    #1 "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio featuring L.V.
 
14.    #2 "Waterfalls", TLC
 
15.    #3 "Creep", TLC
 
16.    Record of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
 
17.    Album of the Year: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
 
18.    Song of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
 
19.    Best New Artist: Hootie & the Blowfish
 
20.    Best Female R&B: Anita Baker for "I Apologize"
 
21.    Best Male R&B: Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"
 
22.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group: TLC for "Creep"
 
23.    Best R&B Song: Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"
 
24.    Best R&B Album: TLC for CrazySexyCool
 
25.    Best Rap Solo: "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio
 
26.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
 
27.    Best Rap Album: Poverty's Paradise, Naughty by Nature
 
28.    Movie Snapshots
 
29.    #1 Die Hard with a Vengeance
 
30.    #2 Toy Story
 
31.    #3 Apollo 13
 
32.    Notables: Higher Learning, Major Payne, Bad Boys, New Jersey Drive, Friday, Braveheart, Batman Forever, Pocahontas, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Clueless, Waterworld, Mortal Kombat, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Dead Presidents, The American President, Casino, Money Train, Heat, Waiting to Exhale.
 
33.    TV Snapshots
 
34.    Top TV Shows
 
35.    #1 ER
 
36.    #2 Seinfeld
 
37.    #3 Friends
 
38.    Debuts: The Wayans Bros. (WB), The Parent 'Hood (WB), Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (still airing), In the House
 
39.    Economic Snapshots
 
40.    Income = 35.9k (Previously 37K)
 
41.    House = 113.1K (119)
 
42.    Car = 15.5k (12.5)
 
43.    Rent = 550 (533)
 
44.    Harvard = 26.2k (24.9)
 
45.    Movie = 4.35 (4)
 
46.    Gas = 1.12 (1.09)
 
47.    Stamp .32 (.29)
 
48.    Social Scene: Million Man March
 
49.    A political demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995, to promote African American unity and family values. Estimates of the number of marchers, most of whom were African American men