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Today in History October 28 | Designer of iconic sports car caught in FBI sting

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DeLorean successfully argued entrapment in court, and was found not guilty.

But by the time of his acquittal in 1984, his car company had ceased operations.

Ironically his ill-fated sports car would live on in motoring history when it was featured the following year in the hit Hollywood movie Back to the Future.

Attribution: Getty
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On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the American people, was dedicated in New York Harbour by US President Grover Cleveland.

The giant statue stands 93 metres and is a popular tourist attraction for visitors to the Big Apple.

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The world famous Harvard University in the north-east US was founded on October 28, 1636.

Named after its first benefactor, the clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the country.

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