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2002 Event - WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0
2000 Event - WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 2 games to 0 1997 Event - 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat New York Liberty 1997 Event - Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1997 Event - Liberty Legends of Senior Golf 1990 Event - A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty 1990 Birthday - Liberty Irene Kasem, daughter of Casey and Jean Kasam 1989 Event - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty 1988 Event - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1986 Event - Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty 1986 Event - Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished 1986 Event - President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty 1976 Event - Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall 1975 Birthday - Kisha Ford, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1973 Birthday - Rebecca Lobo, Massachusetts, WNBA center, 1996 Olympics gold, New York Liberty 1972 Birthday - Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1972 Event - Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1972 Birthday - Vickie Johnson, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1969 Birthday - Sophia Witherspoon, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1967 Death - Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 1967 Event - Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen 1966 Birthday - Sue Wicks, WNBA forward, New York Liberty 1965 Birthday - Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard, New York Liberty 1965 Birthday - Trena Trice, WNBA forward and center, New York Liberty 1965 Event - Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1963 Event - John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty 1962 Birthday - Kym Hampton, WNBA forward, New York Liberty 1961 Event - Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1960 Birthday - Jasmina Perazic Gipe, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1959 Event - 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 1954 Death - Liberty Hyde Bailey, U.S. botanist (Plantbreeding), dies at 96 1950 Event - "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances 1949 Event - "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 308 performances 1945 Event - Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1943 Event - Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched 1942 Birthday - Marsha Mason, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty 1941 Event - 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched 1936 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary 1930 Birthday - John Arden, England, novelist/playwright, Left Handed Liberty 1924 Event - President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1919 Event - Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks 1918 Birthday - Craig Stevens, born in Liberty, Missouri, actor, Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn 1912 Event - Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1912 Event - South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1908 Birthday - Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance 1904 Event - Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St. New York City 1904 Death - Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies 1900 Birthday - Luis Brunel, Calanda Spain, director, Tristana, Phantom of Liberty 1897 Birthday - Nathan F Twining, USAF general, Neither Liberty nor Safety 1886 Event - Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland 1886 Birthday - William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1885 Event - $100,000 raised in U.S. for pedestal for Statue of Liberty 1885 Event - Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City 1884 Event - Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City) 1884 Event - Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris 1882 Birthday - Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam 1881 Event - Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty 1876 Event - Frederic A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie 1876 Event - Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty 1872 Event - Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall 1866 Event - Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) 1858 Birthday - Liberty Hyde Bailey, U.S. botanist, Plantbreeding 1849 Birthday - Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet, "New Colossus" at the base of Statue of Liberty 1843 Event - Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 1843 Event - 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1839 Event - 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 1835 Event - Liberty Bell cracks, again 1834 Birthday - Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1834 Birthday - Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1810 Birthday - Clark Mills, U.S., sculptor, Freedom, Armed Liberty 1778 Event - Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left 1775 Event - Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress 1775 Event - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" 1768 Event - Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song 1765 Event - Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) 1752 Event - Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia 1736 Birthday - Patrick Henry, U.S., patriot "Give me liberty or give me death" 1729 Death - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at 53 |
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