1927 in television
This is a list of television-related events in 1927.
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Global television events
| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| January | 07 | Philo Farnsworth applies for an image dissector tube patent, which used caesium to produce images electronically. |
| April | 07 | Bell Telephone Company transmits an image of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover 200 miles over telephone lines, which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television. Experimental station 3XN in Whippany, New Jersey is used to transmit 1,575 kHz video and 1,450 kHz radio, 185 lines. The system was developed by Herbert E. Ives. Edna Mae Horner, an operator at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, assisted the transmission and became the first woman to appear on television. |
| May | 23 | The first demonstration of television before a large audience. Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers view the demonstration at the Bell Telephone Building in New York City. |
| 24 | John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow over a telephone line. | |
| September | 07 | Philo Farnsworth demonstrates an experimental electronic television image in San Francisco, California. |
| 20 | John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records. |
Births
| Month | Day | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | Eartha Kitt | U.S. actress and singer. |
| February | 15 | Harvey Korman | U.S. actor and comedian. |
| May | 04 | Terry Scott | British actor and comedian (d. 1994). |
| September | 16 | Peter Falk | U.S. actor (Columbo). |
| October | 14 | Roger Moore | British actor (The Saint). |
| November | 28 | Chuck Mitchell | U.S. actor (d. 1992). |
| November | 30 | Robert Guillaume | U.S. actor (Benson). |
| Years in television: 1927 |
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| United Kingdom | United States |
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1927 in television