Philo Farnsworth

Philo Farnsworth

Period: Jan 1, 1906 to Dec 31, 1971

Philo Farnsworth invented TV.

Born on August 19 1906

Aug 19, 1906

Born in Beaver, Utah as a baby.

Farm

Sep 5, 1917

Plows filds for crops at his home farm.

High school

May 22, 1922

Shows his science teacher his telivision drawings.

Father

Jun 24, 1924

Father dies when Philo Farnsworth was 15 years old, wich meant he had to take care of his mother, two brothers, and two sisters.

RCA

Sep 29, 1926

Works with two RCA workers to make tv and marries Pem Gardner.

Glass bottles

Jun 16, 1927

Pem's brother makes the glass bottle he needs

Patents

Oct 19, 1930

Get's patents for his working telivision.

Court

Jun 5, 1934

David sarnoff loses court.

More patents

Dec 7, 1939

RCA pays $1,0000 to put in Philo Farnsworth's patents.

Dies

Mar 11, 1971

Dies in Salt Lake City and some people made a statue of him.

Still alive

Apr 4, 1972

Pem Gardner,Philo fansworths wife was still alive when Philo Farnsworth died.

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Feb 27, 1984

Is Elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Sign

Aug 16, 1990

Sign was made that said:Welcome to Rigby.The birth place of telivision.