List of years in television (table) |
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… 1914 . 1915 . 1916 . 1917 . 1918 . 1919 . 1920 … 1921 1922 1923 -1924- 1925 1926 1927 … 1928 . 1929 . 1930 . 1931 . 1932 . 1933 . 1934 … In radio : 1921 1922 1923 -1924- 1925 1926 1927 In film : 1921 1922 1923 -1924- 1925 1926 1927 |
This is a list of television-related events that occurred before 1925.
Global television events[]
Year | Event |
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1873 | Willoughby Smith discovered the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This led to the invention of the photoelectric cell. |
1877 | George R. Carey of Boston, Massachusetts creates a selenium telectroscope—a camera that could project a moving image to a distant point. The telectroscope was the first television prototype. |
1880 | Proposals to transmit images by rapidly scanning them in succession are independently made by William E. Sawyer of the United States and Maurice Leblanc of France. |
1884 | Paul Nipkow invents the Nipkow disk, a means of mechanically scanning an image. This method was later used in mechanical television experiments. |
1895 | Noah S. Amstutz demonstrates the transmission of photographic halftone images by electric telegraphy.[1] |
1897 | Karl Ferdinand Braun invents the cathode ray tube, using it as an oscilloscope. |
1900 | The word "television" is coined by Constantin Perskyi on August 18 at the First International Electricity Congress in Paris, France. |
1907 | Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum, and a cathode-ray tube receiver. |
1908 | In his letter to Nature, Alan Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s. |
1921 | Charles Francis Jenkins with a group of friends incorporates Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, D.C. with the purpose of "developing radio movies to be broadcast for entertainment in the home". |
1922 | Charles Jenkins' first public demonstration of television principles. A set of static photographic pictures was transmitted from Washington, D.C. to the Navy station NOF in Anacostia by telephone wire, and then wirelessly back to Washington. |
1922 | Philo Farnsworth first describes an image dissector tube, which uses cesium to produce images electronically, but will not produce a working model until 1927. |
1923 | Charles Jenkins' first demonstration of "true" television with moving images. This time 48-line moving silhouette images are transmitted at 16 frames per second from Washington to Anacostia Navy station. |
1923 | Vladimir Zworykin applies for patent for an all-electronic television system, the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera. The patent was not granted until 1938 after significant revisions and patent interference actions. |
1924 | John Logie Baird demonstrated a semi-mechanical television system with the transmission of moving silhouette images. |
1924 | Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube. |
Births (before 1915)[]
Date | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
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August 22, 1867 | Charles Francis Jenkins | U.S. inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning television (d. 1934). |
April 23, 1869 | Boris Rosing | Russian pioneer of television technology (d. 1933). |
November 22, 1875 | Elizabeth Patterson | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (d. 1966). |
July 21, 1882 | Dr. Herbert Ives | U.S. television researcher, leader of the AT&T television research during the 1920s–1930s (d. 1953). |
February 8, 1884 | Burt Mustin | U.S. actor (All in the Family) (d. 1977). |
January 16, 1886 | John Hamilton | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (d. 1958). |
February 26, 1887 | William Frawley | U.S. actor (I Love Lucy) (d. 1966). |
August 14, 1888 | John Logie Baird | British pioneer of television technology (d. 1946). |
July 20, 1889 | John Reith, 1st Baron Reith | First Director-General of the BBC (d. 1971). |
July 30, 1889 | Vladimir Zworykin | U.S. pioneer of television technology (d. 1982). |
February 11, 1894 | Jack Benny | U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (d. 1974). |
August 21, 1895 | Blossom Rock | U.S. actress (The Addams Family) (d. 1978). |
October 4, 1900 | Robert Shayne | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (d 1992). |
December 6, 1900 | Agnes Moorehead | U.S. actress (Bewitched) (d 1974). |
March 27, 1901 | Carl Barks | U.S. animator (creator of Scrooge McDuck) (d. 2000). |
July 1, 1901 | Irna Phillips | U.S. writer (creator of early soap opera) (d. 1973). |
July 14, 1901 | George Tobias | U.S. actor (Bewitched) (d. 1980). |
October 17, 1902 | Irene Ryan | U.S. actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (d. 1973). |
December 25, 1902 | Barton MacLane | U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (d. 1969). |
May 29, 1903 | Bob Hope | British-American film, television, radio, and vaudeville actor, writer, and producer (Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre) (d. 2003). |
June 17, 1904 | Ralph Bellamy | U.S. stage, film, and television actor (Man Against Crime) (d. 1991). |
January 26, 1905 | Charles Lane | U.S. actor (Petticoat Junction). (d. 2007) |
September 18, 1905 | Eddie Anderson | U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (d. 1977). |
February 20, 1906 | Gale Gordon | U.S. actor (The Lucy Show) (d. 1995). |
April 4, 1906 | Bea Benaderet | U.S. actress (The Flintstones) (d. 1968). |
April 4, 1906 | John Cameron Swayze | U.S. anchorman (Camel News Caravan) (d. 1995). |
August 19, 1906 | Philo Farnsworth | U.S. inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television (d. 1971). |
February 12, 1907 | Joseph Kearns | U.S. actor (Dennis the Menace) (d. 1962). |
May 22, 1907 | Cecil McGivern | British broadcasting executive; controller of BBC Television from 1950 to 1957 (d. 1963). |
January 8, 1908 | William Hartnell | British actor; the original star of Doctor Who in the 1960s (d. 1975). |
February 28, 1908 | Billie Bird | U.S. radio, film, television, and vaudeville actress (Dear John) (d. 2002). |
April 2, 1908 | Buddy Ebsen | U.S. actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) (d. 2003). |
April 30, 1908 | Eve Arden | U.S. actress (Our Miss Brooks) (d. 1990). |
July 12, 1908 | Milton Berle | U.S. actor (Texaco Star Theater) (d. 2002). |
December 14, 1908 | Morey Amsterdam | U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show). (d. 1996) |
July 26, 1909 | Vivian Vance | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (d. 1979). |
May 15, 1910 | Michael Barry | British television producer and executive; Head of Drama at BBC television from 1952 to 1962 (d. 1988). |
May 22, 1910 | Johnny Olson | U.S. radio and television announcer (The New Price Is Right) (d. 1985). |
October 23, 1910 | Hayden Rorke | U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (d. 1987). |
February 6, 1911 | Ronald Reagan | U.S. actor and president (General Electric Theater) (d. 2004). |
March 13, 1911 | Marie Rudisill | U.S. television personality (The Fruitcake Lady from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno). (d. 2006) |
July 7, 1911 | Gretchen Franklin | British actress (EastEnders) (d. 2005). |
August 6, 1911 | Lucille Ball | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (d. 1989). |
December 10, 1911 | Chet Huntley | U.S. anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (d. 1974). |
January 7, 1912 | Charles Addams | U.S. cartoonist (created The Addams Family) (d. 1988). |
February 25, 1913 | Jim Backus | U.S. actor (Gilligan's Island, Mr. Magoo) (d. 1989). |
May 13, 1913 | Jasmine Bligh | British presenter; one of the very first BBC Television Service presenters of the 1930s (d. 1991). |
May 25, 1913 | Richard Dimbleby | British journalist (BBC), commentator on state events, and presenter of current affairs programmes such as Panorama (d. 1965). |
July 13, 1913 | Dave Garroway | U.S. journalist (The Today Show (d. 1982). |
January 5, 1914 | George Reeves | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (d. 1959). |
May 12, 1914 | Howard K. Smith | U.S. anchorman (ABC Evening News) (d. 2002). |
October 26, 1914 | Jackie Coogan | U.S. actor (The Addams Family) (d. 1984). |
December 2, 1914 | Ray Walston | U.S. actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times) (d. 2001). |
January 31, 1915 | Garry Moore | U.S. game show host and TV personality (I've Got a Secret). (d. 1993) |
February 12, 1915 | Lorne Greene | U.S. actor (Bonanza). (d. 1987) |
April 10, 1915 | Harry Morgan | U.S. actor (Dragnet, M*A*S*H). |
September 12, 1915 | Frank McGee | U.S. journalist (The Today Show) (d. 1974). |
Births (1916–1924)[]
Date | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
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February 14, 1916 | Edward Platt | U.S. actor (Get Smart) (d. 1974). |
March 31, 1916 | Lucille Bliss | U.S. actress (The Smurfs, Invader ZIM). |
April 4, 1916 | David White | U.S. actor (Bewitched) (d. 1990). |
April 26, 1916 | Vic Perrin | American voice actor, The Outer Limits, Hanna-Barbera cartoons (d. 1989) |
July 11, 1916 | Reg Varney | U.K Comedy Actor (The Rag Trade, On the Buses) (d. 2008) |
July 23, 1916 | Sandra Gould | U.S. actress (Bewitched) (d. 1999). |
November 4, 1916 | Walter Cronkite | U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News). (d. 2009) |
March 2, 1917 | Desi Arnaz | Cuban-born actor (I Love Lucy) (d. 1986). |
March 30, 1917 | Herbert Anderson | U.S. actor (Dennis the Menace) (d. 1994). |
May 16, 1917 | George Gaynes | Finnish-born U.S. actor (Punky Brewster, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd). |
May 21, 1917 | Raymond Burr | Canadian actor (Perry Mason, Ironside). (d. 1993) |
July 14, 1917 | Douglas Edwards | U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News) (d. 1990). |
September 4, 1917 | Hilary Mason | British actress (Maid Marian and her Merry Men). (d. 2006) |
October 16, 1917 | Alice Pearce | U.S. actress (Bewitched). (d. 1966) |
October 28, 1917 | Jack Soo | Japanese-American actor (Barney Miller) (d. 1979). |
December 22, 1917 | Gene Rayburn | U.S. television personality (Match Game, The Tonight Show). (d. 1999) |
February 15, 1918 | Allan Arbus | U.S. actor (M*A*S*H). |
February 22, 1918 | Don Pardo | U.S. television announcer (Saturday Night Live). |
May 1, 1918 | Jack Paar | U.S. television personality (The Tonight Show). (d. 2004) |
May 9, 1918 | Mike Wallace | U.S. anchorman (60 Minutes). |
November 4, 1918 | Art Carney | U.S. actor (The Honeymooners). (d. 2003) |
January 13, 1919 | Robert Stack | U.S. actor (The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries). (d. 2003) |
February 11, 1919 | Eva Gabor | Hungarian actress (Green Acres). (d. 1995) |
May 4, 1919 | John Hope | U.S. meteorologist (The Weather Channel), named Hurricane Camille for his daughter (d. 2002). |
October 14, 1919 | Shaun Sutton | British writer, director, and producer; longest-serving Head of Drama at BBC Television (d. 2004). |
November 19, 1919 | Alan Young | British-born U.S. actor (Mister Ed). |
February 18, 1920 | Bill Cullen | U.S. game show host (The Price Is Right, Blockbusters) (d. 1990). |
February 26, 1920 | Tony Randall | U.S. actor (The Odd Couple) (d. 2004). |
July 10, 1920 | David Brinkley | U.S. anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (d. 2003). |
July 18, 1920 | Dolph Sweet | U.S. actor (Gimme a Break!, Another World) (d. 1985). |
November 25, 1920 | Noel Neill | U.S. actress (Adventures of Superman). |
January 15, 1921 | Frank Thornton | British actor (Are You Being Served?). |
February 24, 1921 | Abe Vigoda | U.S. actor (Barney Miller). |
August 8, 1921 | William Asher | U.S. producer, director, and writer (Bewitched). |
October 17, 1921 | Tom Poston | U.S. actor (Newhart) (d. 2007). |
November 22, 1921 | Rodney Dangerfield | U.S. comedian and actor (The Dean Martin Show). (d. 2004) |
December 26, 1921 | Steve Allen | U.S. television personality (The Tonight Show). (d. 2000) |
January 17, 1922 | Betty White | U.S. actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls) |
January 21, 1922 | Telly Savalas | U.S. actor (Kojak) (d. 1994) |
January 30, 1922 | Dick Martin | U.S. comedian (Laugh-In) (d. 2008) |
February 18, 1922 | Allan Melvin | U.S. actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family) (d. 2008) |
March 5, 1922 | James Noble | U.S. actor (Benson) |
March 20, 1922 | Carl Reiner | U.S. actor, writer, director, and producer (Your Show of Shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show). |
April 5, 1922 | Christopher Hewett | British actor (Mr. Belvedere) (d. 2001) |
April 5, 1922 | Gale Storm | U.S. actress (My Little Margie) (d. 2009) |
April 27, 1922 | Jack Klugman | U.S. actor (The Odd Couple, Quincy) |
May 7, 1922 | Darren McGavin | U.S. actor (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) (d. 2006) |
May 10, 1922 | Nancy Walker | U.S. actress (Rhoda, Bounty paper towel commercials) (d. 1992) |
May 14, 1922 | Richard Deacon | U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver). (d. 1984) |
May 18, 1922 | Bill Macy | U.S. actor (Maude). |
May 22, 1922 | Quinn Martin | U.S. producer (The Fugitive, The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco) (d. 1987) |
July 21, 1922 | Mollie Sugden | British actress (Are You Being Served?). (d. 2009) |
July 22, 1922 | Dan Rowan | U.S. comedian (Laugh-In) (d. 1987) |
July 27, 1922 | Norman Lear | U.S. producer (All in the Family, Sanford and Son and many others) |
September 1, 1922 | Yvonne De Carlo | U.S. actress (The Munsters) (d. 2007) |
October 9, 1922 | Fyvush Finkel | U.S. stage and television actor (Boston Public). |
October 31, 1922 | Barbara Bel Geddes | U.S. actress (Dallas) (d. 2005) |
December 9, 1922 | Redd Foxx | U.S. comedian (Sanford and Son) (d. 1991) |
December 20, 1922 | Charita Bauer | U.S. actress (The Guiding Light) (d. 1985) |
January 8, 1923 | Larry Storch | U.S. actor (F-Troop) |
January 19, 1923 | Jean Stapleton | U.S. actress (All in the Family). |
January 23, 1923 | Florence Halop | U.S. actress (St. Elsewhere, Night Court) (d. 1986) |
February 4, 1923 | Conrad Bain | Canadian-born U.S. actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes) |
April 13, 1923 | Don Adams | U.S. actor (Get Smart, Inspector Gadget) (d. 2005). |
April 22, 1923 | Aaron Spelling | U.S. film and television producer (Beverly Hills, 90210) (d. 2006). |
April 30, 1923 | Al Lewis | U.S. actor (The Munsters) (d. 2006). |
May 13, 1923 | Beatrice Arthur | U.S. actress (Maude, The Golden Girls) (d. 2009) |
July 25, 1923 | Estelle Getty | U.S. actress (The Golden Girls) (d. 2008) |
August 15, 1923 | Rose Marie | U.S. actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show). |
December 12, 1923 | Bob Barker | U.S. game show host (The New Price Is Right). |
January 19, 1924 | Nicholas Colasanto | U.S. actor and director (Cheers). (d. 1985) |
March 3, 1924 | John Woodnutt | British actor (d. 2006). |
May 1, 1924 | Art Fleming | U.S. stage, radio, and television personality (Jeopardy!) (d. 1995). |
June 26, 1924 | Richard Bull | U.S. film and television actor (Little House on the Prairie). |
July 11, 1924 | Brett Somers | Canadian-born U.S. actress and comedienne (The Odd Couple, Match Game '73) (d. 2007). |
August 2, 1924 | Carroll O'Connor | U.S. actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night). (d. 2001) |
November 18, 1924 | Les Lye | Canadian actor (You Can't Do That On Television). (d. 2009) |
See also[]
- Table of years in television
References[]
- ↑ U.S. Patent No. 577,373, Method of Reproducing Photographs, filed 1895, issued 1897.
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