This Day in History | Cuban Missile Crisis Ends | Statue of Liberty Inaugurated in New York

The Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense Cold War standoff between the US and Soviet Union, ended on October 28, 1962. It began on October 16 when the US discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was inaugurated in New York Harbor. A gift from France to America on its 100th independence anniversary, the statue symbolizes freedom, democracy, and justice.