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Today in History: Friday, October\u00a0 28, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
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1636<\/td>\nHarvard College was founded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1793<\/td>\nEli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1858<\/td>\nRowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1919<\/td>\nCongress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1922<\/td>\nFascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1958<\/td>\nThe Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected pope, taking the name John XXIII.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nSoviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nPope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nRepublican nominee Ronald Reagan asked voters during a debate with President Jimmy Carter in Cleveland “are you better off than you were four years ago?”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nVice President Dick Cheney’s top adviser, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, resigned after he was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation. (Libby was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison. President George W. Bush commuted his sentence.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nHall of Fame basketball coach Red Auerbach died at age 89.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nCristina Fernandez was elected Argentina’s first woman president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nAngela Merkel was sworn in for a second term as German chancellor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Julia Roberts turns 49 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Joan Plowright<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlie Daniels<\/td>\nCountry musician<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenny Wilkens<\/td>\nHall of Fame basketball coach<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dennis Franz<\/td>\nActor (“NYPD Blue”)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayne Fontana<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Jenner<\/td>\nOlympic track and field gold medalist<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Annie Potts<\/td>\nActress (“Designing Women”)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Gates<\/td>\nMicrosoft Corp. Chairman<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daphne Zuniga<\/td>\nActress (“Melrose Place”)<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lauren Holly<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jami Gertz<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Richter<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Harper<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brad Paisley<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joaquin Phoenix<\/td>\nActor (“Walk the Line”)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Ocean<\/td>\nR&B singer, rapper<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Jeremy Davies (“Lost”) turns 47 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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