On This Day in History January 25, 2019

Historical Events 1554  Founding of the city of São Paulo in Brazil 1565  Battle at Talikota India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India 1840  American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent 1949  1st Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party 1971  Military coup in Uganda under Major General Idi Amin 2011  Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alicia Keys 37th Birthday Corazon Aquino (1933 - 2009) Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Al Capone (1899 - 1947) Mary Tyler Moore (1936 - 2017) More Famous Deaths