Historical Events for December 1995
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Results 1 - 56 of 56
2nd - 17th ACE Cable Awards
3rd - "Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
3rd - "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
3rd - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
3rd - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
3rd - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v S Africa, a record
3rd - Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
3rd - Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
4th - Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
5th - The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
6th - 6th Billboard Music Awards
6th - Michael Jackson collapses will rehearsing for an HBO special
7th - NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
7th - US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
9th - 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
10th - 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81
10th - Kelly Robbins & Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
10th - Michael Slater scores 219 v Sri Lanka at the WACA
10th - Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617
10th - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
10th - Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982
11th - Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million
12th - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
12th - Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress
12th - NBA referees return to work after striking
12th - Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
13th - Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center
13th - US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations
14th - "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
14th - AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant
14th - Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
15th - Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland
15th - The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
17th - "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 perfs
19th - Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles & Diana to divorce
20th - "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances
20th - American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive
20th - NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
21st - Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
21st - SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000
21st - The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
22nd - David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with NY Yankees
26th - Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL v Aust, MCG)
26th - Paul Adams becomes S Afr's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 ds
27th - Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
30th - Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10
30th - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands. This equalled the record set at Braemar, Aberdeenshire on February 11, 1895 and January 10, 1982.
31st - "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon NYC
31st - "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 308 performances
31st - "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 340 performances
31st - "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 14 performances
31st - "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 48 perfs
31st - "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 71 performances
31st - 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas
31st - Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip
31st - Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria
