- 1936 in television
The year 1936 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of
television -related events in1936 .__TOC__Events
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July 7 - AtDavid Sarnoff 's request for an experiment ofRCA 's electronic television technology,NBC 's first attempt at actual programming is a 30-minute variety show featuring speeches, dance ensembles, monologues, vocal numbers, and film clips. It is shown to 225 of RCA's licensees on 9-inch (22 cm) screens, 343 lines per picture, 30 pictures per second.
*August - 72 hours of medium-definition (180-line) television broadcasts of the1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin are seen by approximately 150,000 people in public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam.
*November 2 - The first regular high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) television service from the BBC, based atAlexandra Palace inLondon , officially begins broadcasting (after test transmissions began in August). The service alternates on a weekly basis between Baird's 240-line mechanical system and theMarconi -EMI 's405-line all-electronic system. Programmes are broadcast daily, Monday to Saturday, at 15:00–16:00 and 21:00–22:00.
*November 6 - NBC in New York demonstrates electronic television to invited members of the press, with a 40-minute program of live acts and films, received on 12-inch (30 cm) television screens.
*First coaxial cables are laid between New York and Philadelphia by AT&T; they will transmit television and telephone signals. [" [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757144,00.html Coaxial Debut] ", "Time", December 14, 1936.]
*By this year there are approximately 2,000 televisions worldwide.Debuts
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October 8 - "Picture Page " (UK) is first broadcast as part of the BBC's test transmissions in the run-up to launch (1936–1939; 1946–1952)
*November 3 - "Starlight" (UK), avariety show , debuts on the BBC (1936–1939; 1946–1949)
*"Theatre Parade " (UK) premieres on the BBC (1936–1938)Television shows
Births
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January 1 -Valora Norland , American actress
*January 25 -Diana Hyland , American actress (d. 1977)
*January 28 -Alan Alda , actor, star of "M*A*S*H"
*February 11 -Burt Reynolds , US actor
*February 20 -Larry Hovis , actor (d. 2003)
*February 20 -Marj Dusay , actress
*February 29 -Alex Rocco , actor
*March 5 -Dean Stockwell , actor
*April 14 -Kenneth Mars , actor
*May 12 -Tom Snyder , talk show host (d. 2007)
*May 14 -Bobby Darin , singer (d. 1973)
*May 27 -Louis Gossett, Jr. , actor
*June 11 -Chad Everett , actor
*June 30 -Nancy Dussault , actress
*June 30 - Don Taylor, director
*July 24 -Ruth Buzzi , actress
*September 14 -Walter Koenig , actor, Ensign Chekhov on "Star Trek "
*September 24 -Jim Henson , puppeteer, creator ofMuppets (d. 1990)
*October 31 -Michael Landon , actor, producer (d. 1991)
*November 19 -Dick Cavett , talk show host
*December 8 -David Carradine , actorReferences
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