Timeline October 1995

Events in October 1995 3

• 1922 – 1995 Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) Died 22 October 1995, aged 73 Kingsley Amis was a British novelist and poet best known for his comic novel Lucky Jim, a landmark of postwar English fiction. He wrote more than twenty novels and won the Booker Prize in 1986 for The Old Devils. His son Martin Amis also became a prominent novelist.
• 1995 O.J. Simpson acquitted of murder Jury clears former football star in televised trial A Los Angeles jury acquitted former football star O.J. Simpson of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, after a trial watched by millions on television. The verdict exposed deep divisions in American public opinion along racial lines. Simpson was later found liable for the deaths in a civil trial.
• 1995 Quebec independence referendum Sovereignty narrowly rejected by voters Quebecers voted narrowly against seceding from Canada, with the 'No' side winning by less than one percentage point. The extremely close result intensified debate over Quebec's constitutional status and national unity in Canada. It remains the closest of Quebec's two sovereignty referendums.