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Replacing the Panchen Lama
On 29 November 1995, China exerted its influence over Tibetan Buddhism's leadership

The murder of Maurizio Gucci
On 27 March 1995, the former head of the fashion house was shot dead in Milan, Italy

Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
In 1995, the doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo metro

Hunting the Unabomber
In September 1995, US newspapers controversially published a terrorist's manifesto

Drum: Africa鈥檚 revolutionary magazine
The first African lifestyle magazine Drum, was first printed in 1951

'I wrote Schindler's List'
Thomas Keneally stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while buying a briefcase

Kobe earthquake
On 17 January 1995, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan

Confronting Betty Ford鈥檚 addiction
In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction

Franklin D Roosevelt鈥檚 New Deal
In 1933, President Roosevelt enacted the New Deal to drag the US out of depression

The Bosphorus boat spotter tracking Russian military trucks
In 2015, ship spotter Y枚r眉k I艧谋k saw Russian military trucks on a ship going to Syria