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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year ... Historical Events on April 24
1704 – John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British North America.; 1800 – The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
Events. 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies, the Boston New-Letter, is published. 1800 - The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
Highlights of this day in history: An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland's 'Easter Rising' begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I ...
In 1988, Soviet Armenia formally adopted 24 April as a public day of commemoration. [11]: 215 In 1997 in the US, the California State Assembly declared 24 April as a Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915–1923, and for the victims of the Sumgait Pogroms of 1988 and Baku Riots of 1990. [11]: 232
Events. 1704 - The first regular newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies, the Boston New-Letter, is published. 1800 - The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
24 April 24, 1945 (Tuesday) 25 ... The following events occurred in April 1945: ... over the past year had exceeded £6 billion for the first time in history ...
Highlights of this day in history: A key ruling during the Watergate scandal; Nixon and Khrushchev hold a 'kitchen debate' during the Cold War; Brigham Young and Mormon followers arrive in present ...