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