January 25th

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.

The world's first solar power plant is opened. The solar furnace in Odeillo, France was the first power plant providing alternative energy.

Charles Manson was found guilty of murdering Sharon Tate and six others.

President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.

1st Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party.

The first arcade game is patented. Thomas Goldsmith's “Cathode ray tube amusement device” is considered the ancestor of video games.

The first Winter Olympic games opened at Chamonix, France.

The League of Nations is founded. It is the predecessor of the United Nations and the first international organization devoted to maintaining world peace.

Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated transcontinental telephone service.

United Mine Workers of America was founded.

American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent.

Battle at Talikota India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India.

Founding of the city of São Paulo in Brazil.