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June 24, 1995

On June 24, 1995, rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment. 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 June 24, 1995

  1. 1995 Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.

    Men's rugby union event in South Africa

    The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.

Farewells

Died on June 24, 1995

Andrew J. Transue American politician (1903–1995)

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Other moments from 1995

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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