Timeline: History of Television

Oct 24, 1884

History of Televison

1884: Philo T. Farnsworth made the first television and transmitted the first image, which was a dollar sign made up of 60 individual lines. Farnsworth filed for a patent on his work in 1884

Period: Oct 24, 1884 to Oct 25, 1954

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Oct 24, 1925

History of television

1925: The first transmission of images using this device occurred in 1925

Oct 25, 1927

History of Television

1927: Philo Farnsworth developed the first electronic television in 1927, and the first TV station broadcast the following year

Oct 25, 1928

History of Television

1928: The first regular TV broadcast occurred on Jan. 13, 1928

Oct 25, 1935

History of Television

1935: The first actual TV service with regular programming began in Germany in 1935

Oct 25, 1947

History of Television

1947: 1947 the number of U.S. homes with television sets could be measured in the thousands

Oct 25, 1954

History of Television

1954: On Mar. 9, 1954, Murrow narrated a report on McCarthy, exposing the senator's shoddy tactics

Oct 25, 1964

History of Television

1964: The first prototype flat screen TV was invented during the month of July in 1964. The invention would be made public later that same year. The flat screen TV was co-invented by University of Illinois professors Donald Bitzer and Gene Slottow. The two men were assisted by graduate student Robert Wilson