Televisions

Television Invented

Jan 26, 1926

Television History

Period: Jan 26, 1926 to Nov 15, 1970

UK Demonstration

Jul 28, 1930

First UK public demonstration of large screen television given by John Logie Baird at the London Coliseum

Federal Communications Act Passed

Jun 19, 1934

HyperlinkThis established FCC

First Televised Baseball Game

Apr 16, 1940

WGN-TV featured the White Sox vs. Cubs in exhibition

NBC and CBS granted first commercial licenses

Jul 1, 1941

Granted by the FCC for their New York stations

Eidophor Patent

Jan 15, 1944

HyperlinkPatent is granted for the Eidophor television projection system.

First Live Televised Musical

Mar 20, 1948

HyperlinkEugene Ormandy on CBS

Americans Watched Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

TV transmission from the moon watched by 600 million people