September 12, 1995

Tuesday, September 12, 1995
Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 12 - INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer   Sep 15 - Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays   Sep 16 - Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory   Sep 16 - Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996   Sep 16 - Stephen Hawkins (53) wets Elaine Mason   Sep 17 - "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 276 perfs  
Top Songs for 1995
Another Night by Real McCoy     Waterfalls by TLC    
On Bended Knee by Boyz II Men     Take a Bow by Madonna    
Creep by TLC     Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio featuring L.V.    
Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days) by Monica     Kiss from a Rose by Seal    
Fantasy by Mariah Carey     This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan    
1995 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.79/loaf Bill Clinton
Milk:  $2.51/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $1.46/doz Al Gore
Car:  $18,360 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $1.21/gal
Best Picture: Braveheart
  Directed By Mel Gibson
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage
  in Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actress: Susan Sarandon
  in Dead Man Walking
House:  $158,700
Stamp:  $0.32/ea
Avg Income:  $51,353/yr
Min Wage:  $4.25/hr
DOW Avg:    5,117
People born on September 12
1880 - Henry L Mencken Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)
1931 - George Jones country singer (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair)
1943 - Maria Muldaur Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)
1954 - Peter Scolari New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart)
On TV in 1995
Caroline in the City    Can't Hurry Love    3rd Rock From the Sun   
The Naked Truth    Walker, Texas Ranger    The Single Guy   
Boston Common    The Dana Carvey Show    Me and the Boys   
Dateline NBC   
Hot New Toys in 1995
Virtual Boy    Sega Saturn   
Top Books in 1995
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech