| List of years in television (table) |
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| … 1915 . 1916 . 1917 . 1918 . 1919 . 1920 . 1921 … 1922 1923 1924 -1925- 1926 1927 1928 … 1929 . 1930 . 1931 . 1932 . 1933 . 1934 . 1935 … In radio: 1922 1923 1924 -1925- 1926 1927 1928 In film : 1922 1923 1924 -1925- 1926 1927 1928 |
The year 1925 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1925.
Global television events[]
| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| March | 25 | John Logie Baird held the first public demonstration of his "televisor" at the Selfridges department store on London's Oxford Street. The demonstrations of moving silhouette images continued through April. The system consisted of 30 lines and 12.5 pictures per second. |
| June | 13 | Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of a moving silhouette (shadowgraphs) and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion was sent across 8 kilometers from Anacostia to Washington, DC. The images were viewed by representatives of the National Bureau of Standards, the United States Navy, the Department of Commerce, and others. Jenkins called this "the first public demonstration of radiovision". |
| July | 13 | Vladimir Zworykin applies for a patent for color television. |
| circa August–October | Zworykin first demonstrates his electric camera tube and receiver for Westinghouse executives, transmitting the still image of an "X". The picture is said to be dim, with low contrast and poor definition. | |
| October | 02 | John Baird achieves the first live television image with tone graduations (not silhouette or duotone images) in his laboratory. Baird drags office boy William Taynton in front of the camera to become the first face on television. But rate of five images per second is below realistic movement. |
Births[]
| Month | Day | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | Grant Tinker | U.S. producer, NBC network executive, "The Man Who Saved NBC". |
| 23 | Danny Arnold | U.S. producer, actor, stand-up comedian (d. 1995). | |
| April | 22 | George Cole | U.K Actor |
| June | 25 | June Lockhart | U.S. actress. |
| July | 06 | Merv Griffin | U.S. talk show host, producer (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune) (d. 2007). |
| August | 15 | Mike Connors | U.S. actor of Armenian descent. |
| October | 16 | Angela Lansbury | British-born actress. |
| November | 11 | June Whitfield | British actress. |
| December | 13 | Dick Van Dyke | U.S. actor. |
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