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#TBT: October 24, 2024

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#TBT: October 24, 2024

On October 24, 1867, the Danish government ratified a treaty that would sell the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, now part of the US Virgin Islands, to the US government for 7,500,000 dollars in gold.

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