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The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.

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United States Virgin Islands

U.S. territory in the Caribbean

The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser…
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January 17

Day of the year

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year.
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