1929 in television
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The year 1929 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1929.
Global television events
[edit]Month | Day | Event |
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June | 27 | Herbert Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City demonstrate color mechanical television (this was first achieved by John Logie Baird the previous year). The 50-line color images are of a bouquet of roses and an American flag. The images are transmitted between New York and Washington, D.C. |
August | 20 | First transmissions of Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC in London.[1] |
25 | Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting movies on a daily basis, 60 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second. |
Births
[edit]Date | Name | Notability |
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January 11 | Nicoletta Orsomando | Italy's first TV continuity announcer (died 2021) |
January 20 | Arte Johnson | U.S. comic actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) (died 2019) |
February 4 | Jerry Adler | U.S. actor |
February 22 | Rebecca Schull | U.S. actress (Wings) |
March 5 | Raymond Allen | U.S. actor (Sanford and Son) (died 2020) |
April 3 | Lee Leonard | U.S. television personality (died 2018) |
April 10 | Liz Sheridan | U.S. actress (died 2022) |
June 3 | Chuck Barris | U.S. game show host (The Dating Game) (died 2017) |
June 23 | June Carter Cash | U.S. singer and actress (The Johnny Cash Show) (died 2003) |
July 5 | Katherine Helmond | U.S. actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?) (died 2019) |
July 31 | Don Murray | U.S. actor (The Outcasts, Knots Landing) (died 2024) |
August 17 | Julianna McCarthy | U.S. actress (The Young and the Restless) |
September 5 | Bob Newhart | U.S. comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) (died 2024) |
September 25 | Ronnie Barker | British comedian, half of The Two Ronnies (died 2005) |
Barbara Walters | U.S. journalist and TV personality (died 2022) | |
October 16 | Nicholas von Hoffman | American journalist (died 2018) |
October 23 | Merv Adelson | American producer (died 2015) |
November 2 | Rachel Ames | U.S. actress (General Hospital) |
November 15 | Ed Asner | U.S. actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) (died 2021) |
November 20 | Jerry Hardin | U.S. actor (The X-Files) |
November 25 | Jack Hogan | U.S. actor (Combat!) (died 2023) |
November 27 | Alan Simpson | British comedy scriptwriter (died 2017) |
November 28 | Berry Gordy | U.S. producer |
November 30 | Dick Clark | U.S. TV host (American Bandstand) (died 2012) |
November 30 | Joan Ganz Cooney | U.S. producer (Sesame Street) |
December 31 | Mies Bouwman | Dutch television presenter (died 2018) |
David Nixon | British magician and television personality (died 1978) |
References
[edit]- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.