Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On this date

-

In 1954, Marian Anderson became the first black singer hired by the Metropolit­an Opera Company in New York.

In 1985, Palestinia­n gunmen hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro in the Mediterran­ean. (The hijackers shot and killed Leon Klinghoffe­r, a Jewish-American tourist in a wheelchair, and pushed him overboard, before surrenderi­ng Oct. 9.)

In 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.

In 1992, trade representa­tives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

In 1996, Fox News Channel made its

debut.

In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten and left tied to a wooden fencepost outside of Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)

In 2003, California voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzene­gger as governor.

Ten years ago: Americans Venkatrama­n Ramakrishn­an and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. (Born in Milwaukee, Steitz went to high school in Wauwatosa and graduated from Lawrence University.)

Five years ago: North Korea publicly acknowledg­ed the existence of its “reform through labor” camps, a mention that appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report.

One year ago: The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 to sweep their National League Division Series.

Associated Press

 ?? AP ?? Jeremy Jeffress and his teammates celebrate after winning the National League Division Series on Oct. 7, 2018.
AP Jeremy Jeffress and his teammates celebrate after winning the National League Division Series on Oct. 7, 2018.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States