Stories from 1995
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April 19, 1995
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Oklahoma City, OK
Timothy McVeigh planted a bomb outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The explosion killed 168 people, including 19 children.
April 25, 1995
Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers passed away. Light on her feet, Rogers became Fred Astaire's dance partner in Flying Down to Rio in 1933. The two made nine more films together.
May 27, 1995
Christopher Reeve, the man who played invincible Superman, fell from a horse and seriously injured himself. He'll have complete paralysis of his body from the neck down and require a respirator to breathe.
August 9, 1995
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San Francisco, CA
Jerry Garcia, guitarist of the band The Grateful Dead, died at the age of 53.
November 22, 1995
Pixar and Disney released Toy Story, the first full length animated feature film that was entirely created with CGI (computer-generated imagery).
