May 1995

Friday 05:

British film producer Ray Santilli unveils his alien autopsy footage to a group of UFO researchers. The film is widely regarded as a hoax.

Thursday 11:

In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.

Saturday 13:

In Dublin, Ireland, Secret Garden win the fortieth Eurovision Song Contest for Norway performing "Nocturne".

Sunday 14:

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama proclaims six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.

Wednesday 17:

After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.

Thursday 18:

Alain Juppé becomes Prime Minister of France.

Tuesday 23:

Oklahoma City bombing: In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, what remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is imploded.

Thursday 25:

The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla.

Saturday 27:

In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.

Sunday 28:

The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, 2/3 of total population.