Today 140 years ago, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 350 pieces from France. Some rare photos taken in 1938 from the torch - closed to the public after the 1916 Black Tom explosion - shows a steeplejack restoring the statue and some tourists peering out from under Liberty's crown.
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17 June 1885, the French ship Isère arrived in New York with the Statue of Liberty in 350 pieces packed into 214 crates. After a stormy 27-day voyage that nearly sank the ship, it was greeted with fanfares, a naval parade, and a formal handover.
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TIL that in June 1885, after a stormy 27-day voyage, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York in 350 crated pieces. At its October 1886 dedication, traders tossed ticker tape from windows, beginning the New York tradition of the ticker-tape parade.
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The Statue of Liberty was completed in 1886. Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, it features an internal framework engineered by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The statue depicts Libertas holding a torch and a tablet dated 4th July 1776.
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16 June 1890: Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in Ulverston, England. He later became known as Stan Laurel, one half of the legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. With his blank stare, shy smile, and comic timing, Laurel helped shape the language of screen comedy.
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15 June 1785: French balloonists Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain became the first known air crash fatalities when their balloon caught fire and crashed during an attempt to cross the English Channel.
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"We are amused". One of the few known photographs where Queen Victoria seems to be smiling. Here pictured with her daughter Princess Beatrice, granddaughter Princess Victoria and great-granddaughter Princess Alice of Battenberg (Prince Philip's mother). Taken April 1886.
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Arthur Whitten Brown (Left) and John ‘Jack’ Alcock (right) eating lunch before they completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in a modified WWI bomber. 14th June 1919.
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GB Stamps 1969 - 5D Royal Mail Block of 4 Stamps - Alcock & Brown Atlantic Flight - 106 years ago today. An interesting and quite satisfying design.
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14 June 1919, Alcock and Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in a modified WWI bomber. Battling freezing winds, fog, and mechanical failures, they landed in an Irish bog. The achievement won them £10,000 and they were knighted by King George V for their historic feat.
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