2013 Event After sustaining extensive damage from Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012, the Statue of Liberty is once again open to the public 2013 Event The U.S. launches ta $6 billion money laundering prosecution against Liberty Reserve, a Costa Rican currency-transfer and payment-processing company 2013 Event The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2011 Event The U.S. celebrates the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the New York City Statue of Liberty 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
