Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 28

October 28: Okhi Day in Greece (1940)

Statue of Liberty

• 312 - Roman Emperor Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius in the Battle of Milvian Bridge, ending the Tetrarchy. According to legends, he credited his victory to the god of the Christians.

• 1886 - In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence.

• 1918 - Czechoslovakia gained its independence from Austria-Hungary.

• 1922 - The Fascist Blackshirts marched on Rome to take over the Italian government.

• 1940 - Italy invaded Greece from Albania, as part of the Balkans Campaign in World War II.

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