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  • Johannesburg, South Africa
    Sunday Jan 1, 1995
    Nelson Mandela

    The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Sunday Jan 1, 1995

    In 1995, Mandela stopped to talk to street children in Cape Town, and was inspired to found organisation.So he founded Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Sunday Jan 1, 1995
    World Trade Organization

    World Trade Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Sunday Jan 1, 1995

    It officially commenced operations on 1 January 1995, pursuant to the 1994 Marrakesh Agreement, thus replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that had been established in 1948. The WTO is the world's largest international economic organization, with 164 member states representing over 96% of global trade and global GDP.




  • Chechnya, Russia
    Saturday Jan 7, 1995
    First Chechen War

    The First on a long list of Russian generals to be killed

    Chechnya, Russia
    Saturday Jan 7, 1995

    On 7 January 1995, Russian Major-General Viktor Vorobyov was killed by mortar fire, becoming the first on a long list of Russian generals to be killed in Chechnya.




  • Hyōgo, Japan
    Tuesday Jan 17, 1995
    05:46:00 AM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Great Hanshin Earthquake

    Hyōgo, Japan
    Tuesday Jan 17, 1995
    05:46:00 AM

    The Great Hanshin earthquake or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995 at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale. The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. Up to 6,434 people lost their lives; about 4,600 of them were from Kobe. Among major cities, Kobe, with its population of 1.5 million, was the closest to the epicenter and hit by the strongest tremors.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995
    World Trade Organization

    Agreement on Agriculture

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995

    The Agreement on Agriculture came into effect with the establishment of the WTO at the beginning of 1995. The AoA has three central concepts, or "pillars": domestic support, market access, and export subsidies.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995
    World Trade Organization

    General Agreement on Trade in Services

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995

    The General Agreement on Trade in Services was created to extend the multilateral trading system to service sector, in the same way as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) provided such a system for merchandise trade. The agreement entered into force in January 1995.




  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995
    World Trade Organization

    Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Jan, 1995

    The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property (IP) regulation. It was negotiated at the end of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994.


  • Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
    Saturday Jan 21, 1995
    Jim Carrey

    The First Golden Globe Award nomination

    Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
    Saturday Jan 21, 1995

    Jim Carrey received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in The Mask.


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