Year of record

1995

15 verified events recorded in 1995.

15 events From Jan 1, 1995 To Dec 20, 1995 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1995-12-20FDA Approves OxyContin with Unsubstantiated Safety Claims 5 src
Food and Drug Administration · Purdue Pharma · Dr. Curtis Wright · Sackler Family
confirmed
1995-12-12FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma 3 src
Curtis Wright IV · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Division of Anesthetic, Critical Care, and Addiction Drug Products · +1
confirmed
1995-11-17Russia's Loans-for-Shares Auctions Transfer Major State Enterprises to Yeltsin-Aligned Bankers at Fraction-of-Value Prices, Creating the Oligarch Class 12 src
Boris Yeltsin · Anatoly Chubais · Vladimir Potanin · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · +5
confirmed
1995-11-01Russia's 'Loans-for-Shares' Auctions Transfer $100 Billion in State Assets to Oligarchs for Pennies on the Dollar 4 src
Boris Yeltsin · Vladimir Potanin · Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Boris Berezovsky · +4
confirmed
1995-07-13Detroit Newspaper Strike Ends in Permanent Replacement, Transforms Media Industry Labor Relations 3 src
Detroit Free Press · Detroit News · Gannett Company · Knight Ridder · +2
confirmed
1995-04-10McNamara Memoir Admits Vietnam War Was "Terribly Wrong" - Confession Comes 20 Years Too Late for 58,000 Dead Americans 3 src
Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · Brian VanDeMark (co-author)
confirmed
1995-04-01IMF Approves $6.8 Billion Russia Loan With Structural Adjustment Conditions: Second Largest Loan in IMF History Fails to Stabilize Economy 4 src
International Monetary Fund · Boris Yeltsin · Bill Clinton · G-7 · +2
confirmed
1995-02-01Gingrich-DeLay Formalize K Street Project Coordination Structure 4 src
Newt Gingrich · Tom DeLay · Grover Norquist
confirmed
1995-01-10CIA Director James Woolsey Departs, Begins Three-Decade Career Monetizing Intelligence Credentials 3 src
James Woolsey · Booz Allen Hamilton · Paladin Capital Group · Foundation for Defense of Democracies · +1
confirmed
1995-01-10Robert Rubin Appointed Treasury Secretary After 26 Years at Goldman Sachs 4 src
Robert Rubin · Bill Clinton · Goldman Sachs
confirmed
1995-01-04Tom DeLay Elected Majority Whip - Creates K Street PAC Tracking System 4 src
Tom DeLay · Newt Gingrich · Rick Santorum · Grover Norquist
confirmed
1995-01-01ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators
confirmed
1995-01-01ALEC Develops Tax and Expenditure Limitation Act - Model Bill to Restrict State Revenue and Manufacture Fiscal Crisis 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Colorado General Assembly · Corporate funders
confirmed
1995-01-01ALEC Environment Task Force Passes 100+ Anti-Regulation Bills Funded by Fossil Fuel Companies 4 src
American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3
confirmed
1995-01-01K Street Project Systematically Transforms Washington Lobbying Infrastructure 3 src
Tom DeLay · Rick Santorum · Grover Norquist
confirmed