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October 28 in Victorian History

What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.

1886

The Statue of Liberty is dedicated

In New York harbour, President Cleveland dedicates Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty before a million spectators. Liberty Enlightening the World -- France's gift -- raises her torch over the gateway to America. She will greet twenty million immigrants.

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