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Today in history

1793: Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin.

1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland.

1919: Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson’s veto.

1922: Fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.

1962: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U. S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

1965: Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

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