1554: City of São Paulo founded in Brazil

1565: Battle of Talikota: The Deccan Sultanates 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: First Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party

1971: Military coup in Uganda led by 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

Source: Onthisday.com