OCTOBER 28
1936:Exactly 50 years after President Grover Cleveland officially unveiled
the 151-foot sculpture "Liberty Enlightening the World" — better known
as the Statue of Liberty — on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor,
President Franklin D. Roosevelt officiates its rededication. The iconic
copper-skinned statue was designed by sculptor Frederic-Auguste
Bartholdi and presented as a gift of friendship from France.
1922: Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III transfers power to
military-supported Benito Mussolini after the National Fascist Party's
march on Rome.
1965: Pope Paul VI promulgates a declaration absolving Jews of the collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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