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October 21, 1995

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Headlines from October 21, 1995

Where Heads of State Lay Their Heads

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Albania has had a multitude of problems on its fitful course from Stalinist isolation to democracy, but few so embarrassing as its difficulty in getting a hotel room in New York tonight for its President, Sali Berisha. Albanian officials were astonished to discover last week that the 200 world leaders and their entourages in New York for the 50th birthday of the United Nations had seemingly taken every bed in town.

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Both Sides of the Aisle Sense Capital's Unrest

By David E. Rosenbaum

Many Democrats in Congress are still seething over President Clinton's statement in Houston on Tuesday night that he had raised taxes "too much" in 1993. At a private meeting of Democratic senators today to plan for next week, one after another spoke out in anger. Among the most upset were Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, Dale Bumpers of Arkansas and Jim Exon of Nebraska, according to a Senator who was there. Finally, the Senator said, Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the majority leader, had to cut off the disparaging talk about the President so the senators could get down to business.

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Acquittal in School Arson The son of a black protest leader in Wedowee, Ala., was acquitted of charges that he set a fire that destroyed the town's high school, site of bitter racial divisions. Page 6. NATO Leader Resigns The NATO leader, Willy Claes, facing bribery charges in Belgium, resigned proclaiming his innocence. The alliance began seeking a successor for major tasks ahead. Page 5. 3 Slain in Harlem Family William Batista, a hotel worker, had struggled to keep his family from Harlem's dangers. But his wife and children were found slain at home, apparently in a robbery. Page 23.

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Congressional Bills Threaten Aid for Immigrant Students

By Ian Fisher

A little-noted provision in the Senate welfare bill could deny Federal education aid to tens of thousands of legal immigrants, more than half of whom are college students in New York and California. The House version, though less strict, could also limit Federal grants and loans to foreign-born college students who live in this country legally.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 18, 1995, covering October 21, 1995.

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    Album cover for Daydream by Mariah Carey

    Daydream

    Mariah Carey

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    1
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    1
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    Album cover for Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

    Jagged Little Pill

    Alanis Morissette

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    1
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    17
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    Album cover for Dangerous Minds by Soundtrack

    Dangerous Minds

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
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    11
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    Album cover for Cracked Rear View by Hootie & The Blowfish

    Cracked Rear View

    Hootie & The Blowfish

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    65
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    Album cover for Starting Over by Reba McEntire

    Starting Over

    Reba McEntire

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    5
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    1

Notable Births

Cameron Burgess

1995Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer[†]

Cameron Robert Burgess is a professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town. He will join EFL Championship club Swansea City on 1 July 2025. Born in Scotland, he represents the Australia men's national soccer team.

Doja Cat

1995Doja Cat, American rapper, singer and songwriter[†]

Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, known professionally as Doja Cat, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song "So High" caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records, with whom she signed a recording contract prior to the release of her debut extended play, Purrr! (2014).

1995Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer[†]

Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo is a Cameroonian swimmer.

Notable Deaths

The Andrews Sisters

1995Maxene Andrews, American singer (born 1916)[†]

The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013). The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön " (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka " (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree " (1942), and "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso.

1995Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1919)[†]

Jesús Blasco was a Spanish author and artist of comic books, whose career covered most of the conventional history of comic strips. He worked extensively in British comics in the 1960s and 1970s.

Nancy Graves

1995Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (born 1939)[†]

Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and sometime filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon. Her works are included in many public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), the Des Moines Art Center, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Museum of Fine Arts. When Graves was just 29, she was given a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At the time she was the youngest artist, and fifth woman to achieve this honor.

Shannon Hoon

1995Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)[†]

Richard Shannon Hoon was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995.

Historical Context for October 21, 1995

In 1995, the world population was approximately 5,758,878,982 people[†]