[Today in History] April 10th

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CONGO

1884 – US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo

Bomboko-JM
2014 – Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (Mongo), who became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1960 under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, passes away at age 85 in Brussels, Belgium.

GLOBAL
1972 – US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons