Daily Archives: 10/28/2022
1919 – Prohibition

Prohibition began in the U.S. with the passage of the National Prohibition (Volstead) Act by Congress. Sales of drinks containing more than one half of one percent of alcohol became illegal. Called a “noble experiment” by Herbert Hoover, prohibition last nearly 14 years and became highly profitable for organized crime which manufactured and sold liquor in saloons called speakeasies
Congress passed the Volstead Act providing for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified nine months earlier. Known as the Prohibition Amendment, it prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States.
Source: history.com
1886 – Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor. The statue was a gift from the people of France commemorating the French-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the entire structure stands 300 feet (92.9 meters) tall. The pedestal contains the words: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
on this day … 10/28
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1775 |
British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston » |
1992 |
Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35 » |
1864 |
Second Battle of Fair Oaks concludes » |
1962 |
The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end » |
1961 |
Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time » |
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1999 |
Cyclone intensifies near India » |
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1886 |
Statue of Liberty dedicated » |
1919 |
Congress enforces prohibition » |
1905 |
George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession is performed in New York » |
MUSIC |
1998 |
President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law » |
1965 |
Workers complete the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri » |
1886 |
Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty » |
1922 |
Princeton-Chicago football game is broadcast across the country » |
1962 |
Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba » |
1964 |
U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam. » |
1965 |
Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields » |
1918 |
German sailors begin to mutiny » |
1940 |
Italy invades Greece » |
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