Today is Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2015. There are 64 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1776, the Battle of White Plains was fought during the Revolutionary War, resulting in a limited British victory.
In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
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In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
In 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected Pope; he took the name John XXIII. The Samuel Beckett play “Krapp’s Last Tape” premiered in London.
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