Historical Events for 24th April 2023

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1311 - General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1704 - 1st continuously published newspaper in America - The Boston News-Letter published in Boston by John Campbell
1872 - Volcano Mt Vesuvius erupts in Italy
1915 - German army fires chloroform gas in Ypres (Leper)
1954 - Australia and USSR break diplomatic relations
1955 - KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
1979 - US State of Georgia designates Ray Charles' rendition of "Georgia On My Mind" (written by Hoagy Carmichael) as official state song
1987 - Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC
2013 - 33 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan

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