Mode’s Birthday News: Headlines from 1995
April 14, 2015 12:00 am
Remember when the riots broke out in Brixton, OJ Simpson was acquitted, and houses cost £50,000? Mode does. Funnily enough, not everything changes; in 1995 the US was imposing economic sanctions against Iran, there was an Ebola outbreak killing 244 Africans in Zaire, and scientists were busy discovering distant galaxies (even if the ones we’re looking at now are a little further away). Achievements Still Stand, 20 Years Later It’s easy to get down on the news, but there were a lot of ground-breaking achievements in 1995. Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to earth after 437 days in the Mir space station – the longest ever stay in human history. His record remains unbroken and will likely stay that way until read more...