📅 The Statue of Liberty arrives by ship (1885)
New Yorkers welcomed it warmly, and it was put together on its pedestal the next year.
Where: Statue of Liberty, New York
📅 On This Day: June 17
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives by ship. On this day in 1885, the French ship Isère arrived in New York carrying the Statue of Liberty, taken apart and packed in crates. The statue was a gift of friendship from France to the United States.
✨ More events on this day
- 1596 🧭 Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovered the Arctic islands of Spitsbergen, a land of glaciers, polar bears and walruses far north of Norway.
- 1673 🧭 Explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet paddled their canoes onto the Mississippi River and began the first European map of its course.
- 1922 🧭 Portuguese pilots Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral reached Brazil, completing the first flight across the South Atlantic Ocean.
🧠 Question of the day
Which country gave the Statue of Liberty?
- Britain
- France
- Spain
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Answer: France
🐾 World day: World Crocodile Day
Crocodiles have survived since the age of dinosaurs. Mother crocodiles even carry babies gently in their mouths.
Questions
What happened on June 17?
June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives by ship. It happened in Statue of Liberty, New York.
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