On this day …
January 26, 2017
- In 1564, the Council of Trent established an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- In 1837, Michigan was admitted as the 26th state in the Union.
- In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union.
- In 1905, the world’s largest diamond ever was found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria, South Africa–it weighed 3,106 carats.
- In 1920, former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Company, which he later sold to his former employer.
- In 1965, Hindi became the official language of India.
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