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This year in history
In the year 1788

	January 18th	English settlers arrived at Australia's Botany Bay and established a penal colony.
	March 21st	A fire destroyed most of the city New Orleans.
	July 26th	New York ratified the United States Constitution and was admitted as the 11th state of the United States.

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