OCTOBER 28
1886:President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. A gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States, it becomes a symbol of freedom for the millions of immigrants who will arrive at nearby Ellis Island.
1919: Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, enforcing Prohibition, which outlawed the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The 21st Amendment will repeal Prohibition in 1933.
1962: Bringing an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to dismantle and remove the missiles that the Soviet Union had placed in Cuba, in exchange for the United States’ pledge to respect Cuba’s territorial sovereignty.
1919: Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, enforcing Prohibition, which outlawed the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” The 21st Amendment will repeal Prohibition in 1933.
1962: Bringing an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to dismantle and remove the missiles that the Soviet Union had placed in Cuba, in exchange for the United States’ pledge to respect Cuba’s territorial sovereignty.
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