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January 11, 1995

On January 11, 1995, 51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia. 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 January 11, 1995

  1. 1995 51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.

    1995 aviation accident in Colombia

    Intercontinental de Aviación Flight 256 was a scheduled flight from El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, on a service to Rafael Núñez International Airport, Cartagena, and San Andrés. On 11 January 1995, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 operating the flight crashed during its approach to Cartagena Airport, killing all but one of the 52 people on board. The sole survivor was a nine-year old girl who sustained minor injuries.

Arrivals

Born on January 11, 1995

Nick Solak 1995– American baseball player (born 1995)

Farewells

Died on January 11, 1995

Josef Gingold American violinist (1909–1995)
Onat Kutlar Turkish writer and poet, founder (1936–1995)
Lewis Nixon United States Army officer (1918–1995)
Theodor Wisch Waffen-SS commander (1907–1995)

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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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