Historical Events for 24th April 2022

1800 – US Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation
1877 – Last federal occupying troops withdraw from the South (New Orleans)
1883 – 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World’s Fair
1910 – German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms
1950 – Independent republic of South Molukkas declared
1958 – Lee Walls hits 3 HRs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2
1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
1990 – West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st
2006 – King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
2018 – Golden State Killer suspect Joseph DeAngelo arrested and charged with eight murders after being identified through genealogy websites

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