David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing Jewish extremist, during a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
This tragic event marked a significant turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Yigal Amir was an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the time of the murder, he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University.
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The former South African Defence Minister and ten retired military officers are formally charged with the murder of 13 people in a black township near Durban, representing ongoing legal accountability for apartheid-era crimes.
Former South African Defence Force Minister, General Magnus Malan and 19 other former senior military officers were charged in the Durban Magistrates' Court with murder and for having established hit squads to destabilise South Africa before the end of apartheid.
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Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia were invited to the United States for peace talks, reflecting international diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing Balkan conflicts of the 1990s
The presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, pledged to ending the war in Bosnia were outlining a General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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South Africa holds its first all-race local government elections, a landmark moment symbolizing the definitive end of the apartheid system and marking a crucial step towards democratic representation and racial equality.
Revival of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", starring Patrick Stewart, opens at Broadhurst Theatre, New York City; runs for 71 performances
Local government elections in 1995–96 provide new evidence on the patterns and trends of voting behaviour in democratic South Africa.
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Always a selection of worldwide natural events and this month was no different. A category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph and a storm surge of up to 15 feet in Florida, and a powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Mexico occurred this month.
A remarkable total solar eclipse traversed multiple countries in Southwest and South Asia as astronomers discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed extrasolar planet as NASA launched Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-73 mission.
There were Nobel awards for Joseph Rotblat, a prominent physicist and peace activist and Robert E Lucas.
As now ‘normal’, there were mass shootings and terrorist attacks in the US and their police reputation continued as Johnny Gammage, an African American motorist, died during a controversial encounter with law enforcement in Pittsburgh.
The Americans enjoy their sports regardless with historic achievements in ‘football’, baseball and golf but at least murderer O.J. Simpson cancelled a scheduled television appearance on Dateline during the high-profile period surrounding his criminal trial.
The Broadway production of ‘Company’ was breaking records and artists Doja Cat and Mariah Carey were in the news.
A historic gathering of African American men in Washington, D.C., organized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to promote unity, empowerment, and social responsibility within the Black community.
Approximately 837,000 men participated, making it one of the largest demonstrations of African American solidarity in U.S. history.
Elsewhere, a presidential referendum was held in Iraq on October 15, 1995. It was the first direct presidential election in Ba'athist Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein.
Participants in the Yugoslav War commenced peace negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
The biggest shock and news of the month was of Indira Gandhi, India's first female prime minister, being assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards in a shocking act of political violence.
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Indira Gandhi, India's first female prime minister, was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards in a shocking act of political violence.
Her murder triggered widespread communal riots, particularly in New Delhi, where thousands of Sikhs were killed in retaliatory action
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