Statue of Liberty: On the same day as of today (28th October) in 1886, the Statue of Liberty, the colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor, (Manhattan, New York City) was inaugerated by President Grover Cleveland. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, an Italian-French sculptor, was a gift of friendship to the United States from the people of France and is recognized as a symbol of freedom and democracy. It was designated as a National Monument in 1924. Frenchman Edouard de Laboulaye first proposed the idea of a monument for the United States in 1865. Ten years later sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with 1876 in mind for completion, to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. The Statue was named “Liberty Enlightening the World” and was a joint effort between America and France. Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the Statue of Libertys granite pedestal in 1884, donating his fee to help fund the Statue. Financing for the pedestal was completed in August 1885, and pedestal construction was finished in April 1886. The Statue was completed in France in July 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor in June 1885 onboard the French frigate Isere. In transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The Statue was reassembled on her new pedestal in four months time. oversaw the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in front of thousands of spectators. She was a centennial gift ten years late. Harvard University: On the same day as of today (28th October) in 1636, the first institution of higher learning in the U.S., Harvard University was founded. The university’s list of notable attendees and alumni is extensive and includes Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, actress Natalie Portman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, NBA star Jeremy Lin and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The current president of the university is FORBES No. 33 Power Woman Drew Gilpin Faust. The name Harvard comes from the college’s first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown. Upon his death in 1638, he left his library and half his estate to the institution established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Some information about Harvard: Motto: Veritas (Latin for “truth”) Honors: 47 Nobel Laureates, 32 heads of state, 48 Pulitzer Prize winners Real Estate Holdings: 5,083 acres About 2,400 faculty members and more than 10,400 academic appointments About 21,000 Students (Harvard College – about 6,700 and other graduate and professional students – about 14,500) Alumni - More than 323,000 The Harvard Library—the largest academic library in the world—includes 18.9 million volumes, 174,000 serial titles, an estimated 400 million manuscript items, 10 million photographs, 56 million archived web pages, and 5.4 terabytes of born-digital archives and manuscripts. Access to this rich collection is provided by nearly 1,000 library staff members who operate more than 70 separate library units. Like our fb page for similar information :https://facebook/shailani.balaee आजच्याच दिवशी (२८ ऑक्टोबर) १८८६साली, अमेरिकेच्या स्वातंत्र्याला १०० वर्षे पूर्ण झाल्याप्रित्यर्थ फ्रान्सकडुन अमेरिकेला भेट दिलेल्या स्वातंत्र्यदेवतेच्या पुतळयाचे अनावरण राष्ट्राध्यक्ष क्लीव्हलंड यांनी केले. १५१ फूट उंच असलेल्या स्वातंत्र्यदेवतेच्या पुतळ्याच्या उजव्या हातात ज्योत असून डाव्या हातात पुस्तक आहे. उजव्या हातात स्वातंत्र्याची ज्योत घेउन उभ्या असलेल्या एका महिलेचा हा पुतळा अमेरिकेमध्ये प्रवेश करण्यार्‍या पाहुण्यांचे स्वागत करतो. आजच्याच दिवशी (२८ ऑक्टोबर) १८८६ साली मानांकित हार्वर्ड या अमेरिकेमधील सर्वात जुन्या व उच्च शिक्षणासाठी प्रसिद्ध विद्यापीठाची स्थापना झाली. अमेरिकन यादवी युद्धानंतर अध्यक्ष चार्ल्स एलियट ह्याच्या अथक प्रयत्नांमुळे हार्वर्ड जगातील सर्वोत्तम संशोधन शैक्षणिक संस्था बनली. आजच्या घडीला सुमारे ३० अब्ज डॉलर संपत्ती असलेले हार्वर्ड हे जगातील सर्वात श्रीमंत व प्रतिष्ठित विद्यापीठ आहे. हार्वर्ड विद्यापीठ बॉस्टन शहराच्या ३ मैल वायव्येस चार्ल्स नदीच्या काठावर २०९ एकर जागेवर स्थित आहे. आजवर ७ अमेरिकन राष्ट्राध्यक्षांनी येथून शिक्षण घेतले आहे तसेच सुमारे १५० नोबेल पारितोषिक विजेते हार्वर्डसोबत जोडले गेलेत. facebook/shailani.balaee ‘Like’ करा व मित्रांनाही सांगा. मराठीतील सामान्य ज्ञानावर आधारित एकमेव परिपूर्ण ज्ञानकोश - बलई कोश वाचण्यासाठीbalaee वरील आपले बलई मोफत खाते उघडा… #MPSC #UPSC #Marathi #statueofliberty #harvard #harvarduniversity
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