Today is Tuesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2003. There are 64 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2003. There are 64 days left in the year. On this date in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland.
In 1636, Harvard College is founded in Massachusetts. In 1793, Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent is granted the following March). In 1919, Congress enacts the Volstead Act, which provides for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson's veto. In 1922, fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government. In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. In 1940, Italy invades Greece during World War II. In 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, is elected pope; he takes the name John XXIII. In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrush-chev informs the United States that he has ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In 1965, Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
October 28, 1978: Robert DeCerbo, 35, narrowly escapes death when a bomb demolishes his car as he turns the ignition in the driveway of his New Buffalo Road home in North Lima. The blast was heard miles away and blew parts of the car hundreds of yards away. He is in serious condition in South Side Hospital.
Steel imports decline about 16 percent from August to September, a development likely to mute but not dispel industry criticism of White House efforts to control the dumping of cheap foreign steel on U.S. markets.
Ronald Reagan appears at a Republican Party fund-raiser at the Avalon Inn near Warren, giving a boost to the campaign of Lyle Williams for 19th District Congress and looking very much like a presidential candidate in 1980.
October 28, 1963: About 25 Youngstown University students running in a relay carry a "torch of learning" promoting State Issue No. 1 between Akron and Youngstown universities.
Pope Paul VI gives a private audience to Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Youngstown while Bishop Walsh and Youngstown's auxiliary bishop, James W. Malone, are in Rome.
Jerry Knight, Vindicator City Hall reporter, is named executive secretary of the Youngstown Metropolitan Area Development Citizens Committee Inc. The appointment is announced by Donald B. McKay.
October 28, 1953: The first physical link between the Ohio and Pennsylvania turnpike is created with the pouring of the first concrete for the Ohio super highway at the Ohio line near Petersburg.
Gretchen Bennett, 14, a sophomore at Rayen School, is named queen of the North Side Merchants and Civic Association Halloween parade and Mardi Gras.
The Chevrolet Corvette, pioneer of the plastic body in the automobile industry, arrives in Youngstown and can be seen at Henderson Chevrolet, Boardman and Walnut streets, and at Steel City Chevrolet, 2519 Market St.
October 28, 1928: Youngstown has spent more than $2.3 million during 1927 and 1928 for expansion of its welfare facilities, according to figures compiled by The Vindicator. The two largest projects, additions to Youngstown Hospital and St. Elizabeth Hospital, are on-going.
Harry Snyder, federal bankruptcy referee in Akron, opens a search for the missing assets of the Summit County Ku Klux Klan. About $30,000 cannot be accounted for and there is speculation that some of the money was funneled into political campaigns.
Nicolai Sokoloff directs the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra in an appearance at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown.