On this day, September 7, 1996, The last time the State of Oregon Executed a criminal was 56-year-old Douglas Franklin Wright, a man who admitted killing three homeless men and a 10-year-old boy he lured off the streets. He was executed by lethal injection during Oregon Governor John Kitzahber's first administration.

Also on this day, September 7, 2020, supporters of President Trump and counter-protesters clashed in the city of Salem. Earlier that day, vehicles waving flags for Trump, and in support of police, gathered at about noon at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.