Looking Back At January 25
In the Battle of the Great Zāb River, the Abbasid rebels defeated the Umayyad Caliphate.
The Oriental Telephone Company was established through an agreement between Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Oriental Bell Telephone Company of New York and the Anglo-Indian Telephone Company, Ltd.
Nellie Bly – a pioneer in investigative journalism – completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
The first wave of the Egyptian Revolution – aka 25 January Revolution – began throughout the country.