Memory of the day: John Baird invents the television in 1926

CAIRO – 27 January 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on January 27.

661 - The death of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, the fourth of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, days after he was stabbed by the outsider, Abd al-Rahman bin Muljam.

1832 - The resistance of Emir Abdelkader against the French occupation of Algeria begins.

1926 - John Baird, the Englishman, invents the television.