1886"From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome"The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
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1793
Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.
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1919
Congress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
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1922
Benito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.
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1940
Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
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1958
A new pope was elected—Pope John XXIII.
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1962
Nikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
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