ON THIS DAY: In 2003, California voters elected Arnold Schwarzenegger their new governor.
Today is Friday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2022. There are 85 days left in the year.On Oct. 7, 1991, University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill’s allegations and would go on to win Senate confirmation.In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
In 1992, trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten and left tied to a wooden fencepost outside of Laramie, Wyoming; he died five days later.
In 2003, California voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger their new governor.returned to the Oval Office for the first time since he was diagnosed with COVID-19; he credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery.