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A bit of January 26th history…
1482 - “Pentateuch”, the Jewish Bible, is printed as a book in Italy
1500 - Vicente Pinzon becomes 1st European to set foot in Brazil
1564 - The Council of Trent issues it’s conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
1905 - World’s largest diamond, 3,106 carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1926 - John Baird gives 1st public demonstration of television in his lab in London (pictured)
1950 - Constitution of independent India comes into effect
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