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Events on Saturday 26 November 1842 1
1842University of Notre Dame foundedA French priest establishes a school in IndianaFather Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross arrived at a mission site near South Bend, Indiana, with a few brothers and founded a school there. It grew into the University of Notre Dame, one of the best-known Catholic universities in the United States.