D.+Clever

At 8:15 Thursday May 4th 1995, Dustin Kenneth Clever was born at Chambersburg Hospital. I weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. It was rainy and around 59 degrees outside. The rain melted the snow around the hospital making it a little more difficult to leave. My dad stayed for two days because of the thick sleet.

Timeline:

On May 4th, 1874, Frank Conrad developed the first radio station. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died in 1941 while he was on his retirement vacation.

On May 4th, 1923, New York revokes the prohibition law. The law banned alcohol in the states but the importation of alcohol secretly continued. The importation became so bad that they decided to revoke the law because it was pointless.

On May 4th, 1993, The whole Torino soccer team was wiped out by a horrific plane crash. All thirty persons on board were believed to be dead. They were on the virge of a 5th consecutive league championship.

On May 4th 1995, Chairman Yasser Arafat reached an agreement in cairo with the Israeli Prime Minister. The agreement was to see that westbank could transport arabians. The Israeli Prime Minister was later killed.

In 1995, Olympic swimmer Greg Lougan admits to having AIDS. He hid this from his diving coaches and the rest of the world. Lougan finally decided to admit when during a diving competition he got cut open.

In 1995, France explodes a nuclear device in the Atlantic Ocean. These explosions were said to be "tests" and would stop shortly. The french president lied by saying, "We are only planning on 7 tests." Which in fact they made 8 "tests".

In 1995, Dow Jones's market high was 5,216 points. The company's low of the year was 3,832 points. Currently, Dow Jones is at 10,023 points.

In 1995, A gallon of gas was $1.15. This was very low considering in the next 13 years the price will have spiked and dropped. Currently gasoline costs around $2.87.

In 1995, The Queen of England urges Prince Charles to divorce Princess Diana. Diana did not seem to mind the queens words. The Queen wrote to the Prince and Princess to give them her view.

In 1995, The movie "Tommy Boy", was released. Chris Farley, who often appeared in SNL clips, casted a lead role. Farley died of a drug overdose 2 years later.

In 1995, O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife. 57 million people watched the famous trial. One of Simpson's attorneys said, "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit."

In 1995, The best selling book was The Rainmaker by John Grisham. It has 434 pages and it was based on lawyers. Rudy Baylor, the main character, kills someone with a baseball bat.

In 1995, The show E.R. was ranked #1 in the to 20 TV favorites. The show ran 331 episodes each running 45 minutes without commercials. It recently ended with it's 15th and final season in 2009.

In 1995, Cal Ripken set a record for the most consecutively played games. Ripken payed 2,130 games in 1995. He later played 502 more consecutive games making the record 2,632 games.

In 1995, The worlds first cloned sheep took place. Dr. Ian Wilmut and Keith Cambell preformed the experiment. They sucessfully used embryo cells to clone the sheep.

In 1995, The song of the year was "Kiss From A Rose" preformed by Seal. The song was the theme for the movie "Batman Forver. Batman Forever grossed $183,997,904.

General Facts:

Population Of The U.S. In 1995: 262,764,948

Winner Of The Super Bowl & Score: Super Bowl XXX was in 1995. The two teams were the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The score was 27 to 17 Dallas.

Winner Of The World Series & Score: The world series was played between the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland Indians. The Braves won with a W W L W L W record. The final games score was 1-0 Braves.

President & Vice President: The President in 1995 was Bill Clinton. As for the Vice President, Al Gore. Clinton was tried and impeached by congress.

1995 World Series Winner

O.J. Simpson Trial Glove

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