The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City.
The statue was a gift given from France as a sign of friendship.
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France carried out its last public execution.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.
The Polio epidemic took hold for the first time in the US at Rutland, Vermont.
US President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
China performed its first thermonuclear test.
