Today is Friday, Oct. 28, the 302nd day of 2016. There are 64 days left in the year.

October 28, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

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1776: The Battle of White Plains is fought during the Revolutionary War, resulting in a limited British victory.

1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

1958: The Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII.

1965: Pope Paul VI issued a Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions which, among other things, absolves Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

1980: President Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan face off in a nationally broadcast, 90-minute debate in Cleveland.

2015: Dennis Hastert pleads guilty before a federal judge in Chicago to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme.

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1991: Welfare caseworkers who are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees are on strike against the Mahoning County Department of Human Services.

The well-known “Spirit of the American Doughboy” statue in Monumental Park in downtown Warren is being refurbished by Warren sculptor Csaba Kur for its 50th anniversary.

Mahoning County Prosecutor James A. Philomena denies that he is considering a resignation. Philomena has been rumored as a candidate for a federal judgeship, given his crossing party lines to endorse Republican George Voinovich for governor.

1976: The mother and friends of Carl J. Price Jr., 23, of Tod Lane, who was shot by police during what they said was an attempted burglary at a pharmacy, chant at a meeting of city council calling for an investigation into the shooting.

Youngstown City Council passes two ordinances regulating abortion clinics in the city, prohibiting abortions after three months of pregnancy and requiring insurance of $1 million to $3 million.

General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, reports a record profit of $397 million on sales of $10.2 billion in the third quarter.

1966: Easements and land purchases totaling $456 are made by Columbiana County commissioners so that work may go ahead on Knox School Road.

William H. Ramage dies at his Logan Way residence after a long illness. Mr. Ramage was the retired president of Valley Mould & Iron Co.

Losses are estimated at $200,000 from a fire that damaged the top three stories of the Dollar Building at State and Dock streets in downtown Sharon.

The Ohio Highway Department says work is being ramped up on the Lake-to-River Highway (state Route 11).

1941: As the city’s contribution toward construction, Youngstown City Council orders legislation prepared conveying title of 209 acres of land at the proposed Berlin Dam site to the federal government for $1.

A strike by CIO miners has quickly affected the steel industry with the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp’s Ohio Works and Farrell plants announcing reduced operations.

Harold Neely of the Chicago regional office of the Civil Aeronautics Administration reports construction of the radio range station that will permit bad weather landings at the Youngstown airport.

City Council advances ordinances providing a 10-year contract with United Air Lines under which the airline will serve Youngstown and use its airport facilities for a $4,800 annual fee.