John Logie Baird transmits television pictures across the
Atlantic Ocean.[1] The pictures are transmitted from Motograph House, London by telephone cable to Ben Clapp's station GK2Z at 40 Warwick Road,
Coulsdon, Surrey, and then by radio to
Hartsdale, New York, United States.
John Logie Baird demonstrates a colour television system achieved by using a scanning disc with spirals of red, green and blue filters at the transmitting and receiving ends.[2]
John Logie Baird's Television Development Company demonstrates their model A, B, and C 'televisors' to the general public at the
Radio Exhibition held at
Olympia in
London. The exhibition proves hugely popular, with an estimated nine hundred people per day watching the demonstration programming.[3]
Births
3 January –
Michael Barratt, English television presenter and announcer (died 2022)
27 January –
Michael Craig, Indian-born actor and screenwriter
22 February –
Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer and presenter (died 2017)
13 March –
Ronnie Hazlehurst, English light music composer and director, theme tune composer (died 2007)
30 April –
Dickie Davies, English sports presenter (died 2023)
1 June –
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, screenwriter, actor and game show presenter (died 2003)