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
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, DC. |
August | 20 | First transmissions of Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC.[1] |
25 | Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania begins broadcasting movies on a daily basis, 60 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second. |
Births
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 6 | Joe Hamilton | American television producer and actor (died 1991) |
January 11 | Nicoletta Orsomando | Italy's first TV continuity announcer |
January 20 | Arte Johnson | U.S. comic actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) (died 2019) |
January 30 | Morton Stevens | U.S. composer (died 1991) |
February 10 | Jerry Goldsmith | U.S. composer (died 2004) |
February 22 | Rebecca Schull | U.S. actress (Wings) |
March 5 | Raymond Allen | U.S. actor (Sanford and Son) (died 2020) |
April 18 | Walt Levinsky | U.S. composer (died 1999) |
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) |
June 29 | Bonnie Bartlett | U.S. actress |
July 5 | Robert Thom | writer (died 1979) |
Katherine Helmond | U.S. actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?) (died 2019) | |
August 17 | Julianna McCarthy | U.S. actress (The Young and the Restless) |
August 28 | Roxie Roker | U.S. actress (died 1995) |
September 5 | Bob Newhart | U.S. comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) |
September 9 | Stu Phillips | U.S. composer |
September 15 | John Julius Norwich | TV host (died 2018) |
September 20 | Anne Meara | TV actress (died 2015) |
September 25 | Ronnie Barker | British comedian, half of The Two Ronnies (died 2005) |
Barbara Walters | American retired broadcast journalist | |
October 16 | Nicholas von Hoffman | American journalist (died 2018) |
October 23 | Merv Adelson | American real estate developer |
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!) |
November 27 | Alan Simpson | British comedy scriptwriter (died 2017) |
November 29 | Berry Gordy | television producer |
November 30 | Dick Clark | U.S. TV host (American Bandstand) (died 2012) |
Joan Ganz Cooney | U.S. producer (Sesame Street) | |
December 21 | Jack Melick | Composer (died 2021) |
December 31 | Mies Bouwman | Dutch television presenter (died 2018) |
David Nixon | British magician and television personality (died 1978) |
References
- ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.