November 1995

Friday 03:

At Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.

Saturday 04:

After attending a peace rally in Tel Aviv's Kings Square, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is mortally wounded by an extreme right-wing Israeli assassin. He dies of his wounds later that night in a Tel Aviv Hospital.

Friday 10:

In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces.

Tuesday 14:

A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

Tuesday 21:

1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 (5,023.55) for the first time.

Tuesday 28:

US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.