THE LATEST NEWS FROM OCTOBER 2003
OCTOBER 2003 – Christmas is coming and who will take an early lead? Well, with the speed of F-Zero GX, Nintendo might have it clinched. Nick Thorpe time travels to warn himself against taking that data entry job, then picks up some magazines…
NEWS OCTOBER 2003
On 7 October, Californians went to the polls in a recall election.
Democratic governor Gray Davis, who had suffered a decline in popularity due to a perceived failure to manage an energy crisis in the state, was recalled with a 55% majority. With 135 candidates running to replace him, the winner was the Hollywood star and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took 48.6% of the vote and defeated sitting lieutenant governor Cruz Bustamante who took 31.5%.
China launched its first manned space mission on 15 October, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. Former People’s Liberation
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