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  Tessa Rene Peck July 27, 1995  I was born 4 minutes after midnight on a Thursday. So it was dark outside, but that day it was 80 degrees and sunny. My dad got excited that my mom was in the hospital and thought it gave him an excuse to spend a lot of money and go out to buy a video camera. He was trying to find a good camera, and ended up being two hours late to the hospital. Luckily, I came out late and he made it just in time to catch my birth on video.

In 1995...  1. Rock & Roll hall of fame opens in Cleveland on September 2nd. The ribbon was cut by an ensemble that included Yoko Ono and Little Richard, among others. The museum documents the entire history of Rock and Roll.

2. Oscars Academy Awards were held on March 27th. The major Oscar winner was the Best Picture award winner, producer / star / director Mel Gibson's and Paramount's Braveheart. Five films were nominated for this category.



3. Some very famous songs: Alanis Morissette's "You oughta know", which reached number one on Billboard magazine's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise, which was listed #69 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time and #1 biggest selling single of 1995 on U.S. Billboard. Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" which was Carey's ninth number one single on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the first single by a female artist to debut at number one in the U.S.

4. Popular movies were: Toy Story, directed by John Lasseter, with the main voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton. Braveheart, directed by Mel Gibson, starring Mel Gibson.

media type="youtube" key="KYz2wyBy3kc" height="173" width="212"  5. Population was 262, 764, 948 on July 1st. This included 31.6 million in California, 18.7 million in Texas, and 18.1 million in New York. One in four US residents lived in one of these three areas.

6. The first solo transpacific balloon flight took place February 18th through 21st. Steve Fossett traveled 5,430 miles from Seoul, South Korea, to Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, in a helium-filled balloon. This also set the record for distance.

7. Doctors Ian Wilmust and Keith Campbell of UK create worlds first cloned sheep. They were named Megan and Morag. They were created from embryo cells.

8. The President was Clinton and the Vice President was Al Gore. They served from 1993 to 2001. He was described as a democrat. 

9. The winner of world series was Atlanta Braves. They played the Cleveland Indians. The score was 4-2.   10. The winner of the super bowl was San Fransisco. They played the San Diego Chargers. The score was 49-26.

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #3a91f8; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">On this day... <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Some famous people that were born on this day are Jonathan Rnys-Meyers, Alex Rodriguez, and Peggy Fleming. Meyers was an actor, Rodriquez is a baseball player, and Peggy Fleming is an ice skater. All of them became very successful in their careers.

2. In 1940, Bugs Bunny first says "What's Up, Doc?" in a wild hare debut cartoon. The show istantly became a hit and in 200 <span style="color: #f359df; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2, Bugs Bunny was named the greatest cartoon character of all time, along with Mickey Mouse. The debut was directed by Tex Avery.

<span style="color: #fa1919; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. In 1953, it was finally the end of the Korean War. There had been ongoing talk about this day for two years. The armistice was signed by North Korea, China and the UN.

<span style="color: #f08b14; font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. In 1940, Billboard magazine published its first singles record chart. "Waterfalls" by TLC topped the charts. Billboard charts have been a big part of the music industry since.

<span style="color: #d4b00c; font-family: Georgia,serif;">5. In 1949, De-Havilland Comet, a jet designed as a commercial jet airliner flew for the first time. It went 500 mph. It was flown with a test pilot at the controls.

<span style="color: #71f71d; font-family: Georgia,serif;">6. In 1909, the world's airplane record for two men, was broken in a flight of one hour, 12 minutes, 40 seconds over 50 miles going 50 mph. <span style="color: #4092d4; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 7. In 1974, house of reps charge President Nixon. He was not president at the time. He was charged with the first three articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice.

<span style="color: #c05bf1; font-family: Georgia,serif;">8. In 1986, Bill bans smoking in all public transport. This includes trains, planes, and buses. The fine is up to $500. <span style="color: #f547d4; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 9. In 1996, bomb explodes during olympics in Atlanta, GA. It was a terrorist attack. Two people died and 111 were injured.

<span style="color: #f11d0e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">10. In 1804, the 12th amendment is ratified changing method of electing presidents.