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

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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

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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 28 | Jacqueline Kennedy | 35th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)[2]
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

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1. ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
2. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (May 20, 1994). "DEATH OF A FIRST LADY; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dies of Cancer at 64". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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