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My name is Jack and I have another this day in World History episode for October 28.
On October 28, 1492, Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.
During his first voyage to the Americas, Christopher Columbus made landfall in Cuba.
This marked an important moment in the european exploration and colonization of the new World.
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States, was dedicated on Liberty island in New York harbor.
It has since become a symbol of freedom and democracy.
On October 28, 1919, prohibition began in the United States.
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, marking the start of the Prohibition era.
On October 28, 1962, the cuban missile crisis came to a head as US President John F.
Kennedy learned that the Soviet Union had agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba.
This tense standoff between the US and the Soviet Union brought the whole world to the brink of nuclear war.
On October 28, 2007, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became president of Argentina.
Christina Fernandez de Kirchner was elected as the first woman president of Argentina, succeeding her husband, Nestor Kirchner.
She served as the president until 2015.
And on October 28, 2014, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, a suborbital space plane, suffered a catastrophic in flight breakup during a test flight, resulting in the death of one of the pilots and serious injuries to the other.
This incident was a setback for commercial space tourism efforts, and these are just a few notable events in history that took place on October 28.
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