Memory of the day: Great Cairo Fire erupts in 1952

CAIRO – 26 January 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on January 26.

1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter describing his frustration at the choice of the eagle as the symbol of the United States over the turkey.

1802 - The US Congress passed a law to establish a library. This library later became the Library of Congress.

1952 - A major fire broke out in Cairo, during which the fire destroyed about 700 shops, cinemas, casinos, hotels, offices and clubs in the streets and squares of the city center.

1981 - Egypt restores Sinai and El-Arish to its sovereignty.

1996 - US First Lady Hillary Clinton testifies before a grand jury in what is known as the Whitewater scandal.

1998 - US President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, during a television recording.

2020 - Former NBA player Kobe Bryant dies in a plane crash in Calabasas, California.