Editing 1995 (section)

=== May ===
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Jacques Chirac]] is elected president of France.
* [[May 10]] &ndash; The [[Vaal Reefs mining disaster]] at [[Vaal Reefs]] gold mine in [[Orkney, South Africa]]. A runaway locomotive falls into a lift shaft onto an ascending cage and causes it to plunge {{convert|1500|ft}} to the bottom of the {{convert|6900|ft}} deep shaft, killing 104.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miningweekly.com/print-version/vaal-reefs-tragedy-commemorated-2005-05-10 |title=Vaal Reefs Tragedy Commemorated |publisher=Mining Weekly |date=10 May 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073934/http://www.miningweekly.com/print-version/vaal-reefs-tragedy-commemorated-2005-05-10 |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=indep>{{cite web |title=Locomotive crushes 105 gold miners |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/locomotive-crushes-105-gold-miners-1619145.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505110744/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/locomotive-crushes-105-gold-miners-1619145.html |url-status=live |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |work=The Independent |date=May 11, 1995 |access-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] &ndash; More than 170 countries agree to extend the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]] indefinitely and without conditions.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; The 6.6 {{M|w}} [[List of earthquakes in Greece|Western Macedonia earthquake]] strikes northwestern [[Greece]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), injuring 25 and causing $450&nbsp;million in damage.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; The [[Tenzin Gyatso|Dalai Lama]] proclaims 6-year-old [[Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]] as the 11th [[reincarnation]] of the [[Panchen Lama]], but 3 days later the boy is detained by Chinese authorities and not seen again.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4551425.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Tibet's missing spiritual guide |date=2005-05-16 |access-date=2023-05-14 |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923100119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4551425.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] &ndash; Following the [[Tokyo subway sarin attack]] two months earlier, Japanese police besiege the headquarters of [[Aum Shinrikyo]] near [[Mount Fuji]] and arrest cult leader [[Shoko Asahara]]. Further police operations result in over two hundred arrests and thirteen members of the cult, including Asahara, are sentenced to death.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[AFC Ajax]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League]] at the [[Ernst Happel Stadium]] in [[Vienna]] by defeating [[A.C. Milan]] 1–0.
* [[May 25]] – [[June 24]] – The [[1995 Rugby World Cup]] takes place in South Africa and is won by [[South Africa national rugby union team|the host nation]] after beating [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] in [[1995 Rugby World Cup final|the final]]; this was the Springboks tournament debut after [[World Rugby]] lifted their ban following the end of apartheid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McRae |first=Donald  |date=27 October 2023 |title=Mandela, Lomu and a Rugby World Cup final that went beyond sport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/oct/27/mandela-lomu-and-a-rugby-world-cup-final-that-went-beyond-sport |access-date=16 March 2025 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1995 Neftegorsk earthquake|Neftegorsk earthquake]] strikes northern [[Sakhalin]] Island in Russia with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving 1,967 people dead and 750 injured.