5th » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serbs e.g Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day (Croatia) known as Victory Day.
10th » Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael and Lori Fortier known as Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
15th » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina named The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
30th » Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1995
1st » Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
3rd » Ida Lupino, English-American actress, singer, director, and producer (b. 1914)
3rd » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933)
7th » Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (b. 1929)
8th » John Adams (running back) named John Adams, American football player (b. 1937)
9th » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Legion of Mary (band) e.g Legion of Mary, and Old and in the Way) (b. 1942)
11th » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
13th » Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
13th » Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926)
13th » Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
13th » Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
15th » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
16th » J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933)
17th » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
17th » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
19th » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
20th » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
23rd » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
23rd » Dwayne Goettel, Canadian keyboard player (Skinny Puppy, Psyche (band) known as Psyche, and Hilt (band) e.g Hilt) (b. 1964)
25th » Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
26th » John Brunner (novelist) e.g John Brunner, English-Scottish author (b. 1934)
28th » Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
28th » Michael Ende, German author (b. 1929)
28th » Carl Giles, English cartoonist (b. 1916)
29th » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
31st » Barry Lee Fairchild, American kidnapper and murderer (b. 1954)