A bit of January 25th history…
1565 - Battle of Talikota, India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar’s army and the last Hindu Kingdom of Southern India (pictured)
1840 - American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is 1st to identify Antarctica as a new continent
1877 - US Congress establishes Electoral Commission to determine the disputed election between Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel Tilden
1939 - 1st nuclear fission experiment (splitting of a uranium atom) in US, in basement of Pupin Hall, Columbia University
1979 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in the US
1994 - Accused of molesting a 13 year old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
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 cities
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