An audience at Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New York becomes the first to see a closed-circuit television signal projected onto a big screen.
For the first time in the United Kingdom, a television drama is broadcast. The drama is a production of Luigi Pirandello's The Man With the Flower in His Mouth; it is broadcast by the BBC from Baird's studios at 133 Long Acre, London
Baird television transmissions at Hairdressing Fair of Fashion include the world's first television commercial for the Eugène Method of permanent hair waving.
W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts airs the first television commercial in the United States, of I.J Fox Furriers during The Fox Trappers.
Germany begins regular television service in Berlin using a 180-line electronic television system. It is seen only in public viewing rooms seating 30 people each.
France begins broadcasting regular transmissions from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Final transmission of John Logie Baird’s 30-line television system by the BBC. The BBC begins preparations for a regular high definition broadcasting service from Alexandra Palace.
The first ice hockey game is televised in the United States, the New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens, from Madison Square Garden on W2XBS-TV.
The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden; Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh.
The Metropolitan Opera broadcast for the first time from NBC studios at Rockefeller Center an abridged performance of the first act of Pagliacci, along with excerpts from four other operas.
RCA cuts the price of television sets.
W2XBS in New York (NBC) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 33 hours, over a five day period. The signal is transmitted via coaxial cable.
Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system.
CBS resumes its television transmissions with the first demonstration of high definition color TV, by W2XAB, transmitting from the Chrysler Building.
The U.S. War Production Board lifts its wartime ban on the manufacture of radio and television equipment for consumer use.
Reopening of French TV station RDF in 441-line standard
Army-Navy football game is transmitted 145 kilometers (90 mi) by coaxial cable from Philadelphia to New York City.
Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting after World War II