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August 9, 1995

On August 9, 1995, aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board. The year's #1 song was "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V.. Jofra Archer, Logan Paul, Pedro Cachin would arrive in the same year.

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1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1995th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 995th year of the 2nd millennium, the 95th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On August 9, 1995

  1. 1995 Aviateca Flight 901 crashes into the San Vicente volcano in El Salvador, killing all 65 people on board.

    1995 aviation accident in El Salvador

    Aviateca Flight 901 was a scheduled international passenger flight which crashed into the 7,159-foot (2,182 m) San Vicente volcano in El Salvador of a Boeing 737-2H6 on approach to the Comalapa International Airport on 9 August 1995. The accident killed all 65 passengers and crew on board and is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in El Salvador. An investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority determined that pilot error and air traffic control error in bad weather contributed to the accident.

Arrivals

Born on August 9, 1995

Eli Apple 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Justice Smith 1995– American actor (born 1995)
Hwang Min-hyun 1995– South Korean singer and actor (born 1995)

Farewells

Died on August 9, 1995

Jerry Garcia American guitarist and singer (1942–1995)

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The class of 1995

Others born in 1995

Jofra Archer 1995– Barbadian-English cricketer
Logan Paul 1995– American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
Pedro Cachin 1995– Argentine tennis player
Baker Mayfield 1995– American football player
Georgie Friedrichs 1995– Australian rugby sevens player
Leander Dendoncker 1995– Belgian footballer

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