On this day …
January 26, 2018
- In 1564, the Council of Trent established an official distinction between Catholicism and Protestantism.
- In 1788, the British First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement in Australia.
- In 1837, Michigan was admitted as the 26th state in the Union.
- In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union.
- In 1905, the largest diamond in history, weighing more than 3,000 carats, was found near Pretoria, South Africa.
- In 1920, former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland founded the Lincoln Motor Company.
- In 1965, Hindi became the official language of India.
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