1. OTD Tuesday October 28, 1636: Harvard College was founded. It is the oldest institution of higher learning. (Now Harvard University) 1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. 2007: First woman President in Argentina is elected. (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner)

2. OTD Wednesday, October 29 1929: Stock Exchange crashes (Black Tuesday) and the Great Depression begins. 1998: Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. 2004: Osama bin Laden admits direct responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S.

3. OTD Thursday, October 30 1938: Orson Wells broadcasts his radio play of “The War of the Worlds”, causing anxiety among the audiences listening. 1735: John Adams, the 2 nd President of the United States was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. 1960: The first successful kidney transplant performed by Michael Woodruff. 1

4. OTD Friday, October 31 1864: Nevada becomes the 36 th state of the United States. 1913: Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States. 1921: The first citywide Halloween Celebration in the U.S., occurred in Minnesota.