History of Television
TV Milestones 1822 18 October, BBC (British Broadcasting Company) founded 1929 First transmissions of Scottish inventor John Logie Baird's experimental mechanical television system and, in the USA, Philo T. Farnsworth's electronic TV system 1936 22 November, BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from Alexandra Palace, London 1937 21 June, Wimbledon Tennis Championships first broadcast 1938 30 April, television coverage of the FA Cup Final 31 May, first BBC TV panel game, Spelling Bee 21 September in the UK, News Map 1939 1 September, BBC television service is suspended throughout World War II 30 April, Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first president to appear on TV, opening the World's Fair in the New York 10 June, the first king and queen Elizabeth seen visiting the World's Fair 1941 1 July, the first ever TV commercial, for a Bulova clock, is broadcast by WNBT New York, during a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers an...
