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Suburbs were not designed for single people. The week's rhythms are set by children's car pools and Saturday morning soccer games. The burning questions often concern issues like live-in versus live-out babysitters.
GE Capital Services announced yesterday an agreement to buy for $960 million most of the annuities and life insurance business of the Aon Corporation, a Chicago-based company that plans to concentrate on its insurance brokering and corporate advisory businesses. By purchasing the Aon subsidiary, the Life Insurance Company of Virginia in Richmond, GE Capital would become one of the country's five largest sellers of annuities to individuals, larger than such widely known names as the Equitable Companies and the New York Life Insurance Company.
Dr. Harold L. Paz has been named new dean for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Paz has been the acting dean since April. Before joining the University last year, Dr. Paz was associate dean for graduate medical education at Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Kenetech, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines and the once-proud symbol of the coming of age of wind power in the United States, is scrambling to survive. A little more than a year ago, the San Francisco company was on a roll. Impressed by its high-technology variable-speed turbines and by analysts' upbeat sales projections, investors bid Kenetech's stock to a peak of $29.50 in March 1994 from $16.50 at its initial public offering in September 1993.
The Giants said they would revoke the season tickets of up to 75 fans whose seats were used as launching pads for icy missiles at Saturday's football game in the Meadowlands. Wellington Mara, the team's co-owner, said he did not want the stadium to become a "home for rowdiness." Article, page B9.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 27, 1995, covering December 27, 1995.
Mariah Carey
The Beatles
Mannheim Steamroller
Soundtrack
Garth Brooks
1995Timothée Chalamet, French-American actor[†]
Timothée Hal Chalamet is an American and French actor. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
1995Nick Chubb, American football player[†]
Nicholas Jamaal Chubb is an American professional football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft. Across his seven seasons with the Browns, Chubb was a four-time Pro Bowler and a second-team All-Pro in 2022.
1995Ghislain Konan, Ivorian footballer[†]
Ghislain N'Clomande Konan is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Spanish club Burgos CF and the Ivory Coast national team.
1995Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player[†]
Mark Lapidus is an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship in 2012.
1995Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (born 1909)[†]
Shura Cherkassky was a Russian-American concert pianist known for his performances of the romantic repertoire. His playing was characterized by a virtuoso technique and singing piano tone. For much of his later life, Cherkassky resided in London.
1995Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (born 1910)[†]
Genrikh Kasparyan was an Armenian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies.
In 1995, the world population was approximately 5,758,878,982 people[†]