1636 – Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America.
1886 – The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
1904 – The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting.
1919 – The U.S. Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act.
1922 – Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy.
1924 – M.de Bruin discovers an infant fossil skull of Australopithecus africanus
1936 – The Statue of Liberty was rededicated by U.S. President Roosevelt on its 50th anniversary.
1986 – The centennial of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated in New York.
By: Archa Dave