On this day …
January 26, 2015
- In 1837, Michigan entered the Union as the 26th state.
- In 1838, Tennessee enacted the first prohibition law in the United States.
- In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union.
- In 1905, the world’s largest diamond, weighing more than 3000 carats, was found near Pretoria, South Africa.
- In 1920, former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launched the Lincoln Motor Co., which he later sold to his former employer.
- In 1924, Saint Petersburg was renamed Leningrad.
- In 1960, Danny Heater set a world record by scoring 135 points in a high school basketball game for Burnsville High School in West Virginia.
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