October 1886
Friday 01:
The U.S. mint in Carson City, Nevada, closes.
Thursday 07:
Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba.
Thursday 28:
In New York Harbor, US President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
Friday 29:
The ticker-tape parade is invented in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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