For 90 percent of all people who have ever lived, the answer to “Why am I here?” is “Because my parents needed free labor on the farm.”
— Anonymous
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Today is Wednesday, April 24th, the 115th day of 2024. There are 251 days left in the year. It is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, New Kids on the Block Day, and National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day.
On This Day
In 1704, the first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, began publication.
In 1800, the Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress.”
In 1915, the arrest of 250 intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marked the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
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