2013 Event After sustaining extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012, the Statue of Liberty is once again open to the public 2012 Event The 52-foot iconic statue known as Big Tex, is destroyed by fire during the final days of the 2012 State Fair of Texas 2012 Event A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2012 Event A new statue of Kim Jong-il, North Korea's late leader is unveiled in the capital of Pyongyang 2011 Event The U.S. celebrates the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the New York City Statue of Liberty 2010 Event Swiebodzin, Poland announces the world's biggest statue of Jesus, called Christ the King, is completed 2010 Event Egypt announces the discovery of a granite head from a statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, buried at a temple in Luxor 1994 Event Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas 1994 Event Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated 1990 Event A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty 1989 Event Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty 1986 Event Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market 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 1965 Event Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels 1965 Event Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1956 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1952 Event Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" 1949 Event Statue of Council of Europe drawn 1948 Event California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1945 Event U.S. Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue 1938 Event Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx 1937 Event Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary 1924 Event President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1912 Event Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1904 Death Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies 1904 Event Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated 1897 Birthday Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet, Statue of Fatigue 1893 Event 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia 1886 Event Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland 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 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 1856 Event Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem 1853 Event 1st U.S. bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash 1849 Birthday Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet, "New Colossus" at the base of Statue of Liberty 1848 Event Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled 1834 Birthday Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1834 Birthday Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1721 Event Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself
