Scottish inventor (1888–1946) John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube. 456,390 views on January 26, 2016 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Republic Day (India), ITC Hotels, Mechanical television, Abe Vigoda. Wiki link