1995
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1995 (MCMXCV) was the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s decade.
This was the year that the Internet entered public consciousness.
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Art and culture
- The World Wide Web gradually began receiving a great deal of attention in the popular culture and mass media
Visual arts
- Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 by Tracey Emin
- Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting "The Origin of the World" is first publicly displayed.
Film
- The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Leaving Las Vegas by Mike Figgis
- Safe by Todd Haynes
- La haine by Mathieu Kassovitz
- Wild Side by Donald Cammell
- Underground by Emir Kusturica
- Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch
- The Bridges of Madison County by Clint Eastwood
- Showgirls by Paul Verhoeven
Documentary
- The Celluloid Closet by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Short
- The Elegant Spanking by Maria Beatty
Music
- Nuphonic is founded by David Hill and Savash Remzi, with the objective of releasing contemporary jazz-music.
Singles
- Faze Action - Original Disco Motion
- Romanthony - Wanderer
- Round One - I'm Your Brother (Ron Trent)
- Krystine - Better Love
- Jasper Street Company - A Feelin'
- Duke - So In Love With You
- Maurizio - M 4.5
- Underground Resistance - Hi Tech Jazz
- Green Velvet - Flash
- Daft Punk - Da Funk
Albums
- No Protection: Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor
- Club Classics & House Foundations by Various
- Universal Sounds of America, a space jazz compilation on Soul Jazz Records
Literature
- Ocean of Sound by David Toop
Births
Deaths
- Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (1910 - 1995)
- Pierre Schaeffer, French musician (1910 - 1995)
- Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (1925 - 1995)
- Tee Scott, American DJ (1948 - 1995)
- Terry Southern, American writer (1924 - 1995)
- Hugo Pratt, Italian writer (1927 - 1995)
- Louis Malle, French filmmaker (1932 - 1995)
- eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (1908 - 1995)
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