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List of years in television (table)
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This is a list of television-related events that occurred prior to 1925.

Global television events

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Year Event
1873 Willoughby Smith discovers the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This results in the invention of the photoelectric cell.
1877 George R. Carey of Boston creates a selenium telectroscope—a camera that could project a moving image to a distant point. The telectroscope is the first television prototype.
1880 Proposals to transmit images by rapidly scanning them in succession are made independently by William E. Sawyer of the United States and Maurice Leblanc of France.
1884 Paul Nipkow invents the Nipkow disk, a means of scanning an image mechanically. This method is later used for mechanical television experiments.
1890 Henry Sutton Telephane 1885 (mechanical television) designs published.[1]
1895 Noah S. Amstutz demonstrates the transmission of photographic halftone images by electric telegraphy.[2]
1897 Karl Ferdinand Braun invents the cathode-ray tube, using it as an oscilloscope.
1900 The word "television" is coined by Constantin Perskyi on August 18 at the First International Electricity Congress in Paris.
1907 Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum and a cathode-ray tube receiver.
1908 In his letter to Nature, Alan Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.
1921 Charles Francis Jenkins with a group of friends incorporates Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, D.C., with the purpose of "developing radio movies to be broadcast for entertainment in the home".
1922 Charles Jenkins' first public demonstration of television principles. A set of static photographic pictures is transmitted from Washington, D.C., to the Navy station NOF in Anacostia by telephone wire, and then wirelessly back to Washington.
1922 Philo Farnsworth first describes an image dissector tube, which uses caesium to produce images electronically, but will not produce a working model until 1927.
1923 Charles Jenkins first demonstrates "true" television with moving images. This time 48-line moving silhouette images are transmitted at 16 frames per second from Washington to Anacostia Navy station.
1923 Vladimir Zworykin applies for patent for an all-electronic television system, the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera. The patent is not granted until 1938 after significant revisions and patent interference actions.
1924 John Logie Baird demonstrates a semi-mechanical television system with the transmission of moving silhouette images in England.
1924 Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube.

Births

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Births (before 1900)

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Date Name Notability
September 4, 1855 Henry Sutton Australian designer of mechanical scanning television (died 1912)
August 22, 1867 Charles Francis Jenkins American inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning television (died 1934)
April 23, 1869 Boris Rosing Russian pioneer of television technology (died 1933)
November 22, 1874 Elizabeth Patterson American actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1966)
July 21, 1882 Dr. Herbert Ives American television researcher, leader of the AT&T television research during the 1920s–1930s (died 1953)
February 8, 1884 Burt Mustin American actor (All in the Family) (died 1977)
November 9, 1886 Ed Wynn American actor and comedian (The Ed Wynn Show) (died 1966)
January 16, 1887 John Hamilton American actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1958)
February 26, 1887 William Frawley American actor (I Love Lucy, My Three Sons) (died 1966)
August 14, 1888 John Logie Baird British pioneer of television technology (d. 1946)
January 7, 1889 H. R. Baukhage American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1976)
July 20, 1889 John Reith, 1st Baron Reith First Director-General of the BBC (d. 1971)
July 30, 1889 Vladimir Zworykin American pioneer of television technology (died 1982)
August 28, 1891 Stanley Andrews American actor (Death Valley Days) (died 1969)
January 26, 1892 Zara Cully American actress (The Jeffersons) (died 1978)
February 14, 1894 Jack Benny American actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1974)
March 6, 1894 Clifford Roberts American dealer (died 1977)
August 21, 1895 Blossom Rock American actress (The Addams Family) (died 1978)
January 7, 1896 Arnold Ridley British actor and playwright (Dad's Army) (died 1984)
November 4, 1896 Ian Wolfe Actor (died 1992)
May 25, 1898 Bennett Cerf American publisher and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 1971)
August 30, 1898 Shirley Booth American actress (Hazel) (died 1992)
September 1, 1898 Violet Carson British actress and radio performer (Coronation Street) (died 1983)

Births (1900–1909)

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Date Name Notability
October 4, 1900 Robert Shayne American actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1992)
November 13, 1900 Worthington Miner American actor (died 1982)
December 6, 1900 Agnes Moorehead American actress (Bewitched) (died 1974)
March 27, 1901 Carl Barks American animator (creator of Scrooge McDuck) (died 2000)
July 1, 1901 Irna Phillips American writer (creator of early soap opera) (died 1973)
July 14, 1901 George Tobias American actor (Bewitched) (died 1980)
September 28, 1901 Ed Sullivan American television host (The Ed Sullivan Show) (died 1974)
William S. Paley American businessman (died 1990)
December 5, 1901 Walt Disney American animator (died 1966)
March 17, 1902 Bobby Jones American golfer (died 1971)
April 27, 1902 Harry Stockwell American actor (died 1984)
October 10, 1902 Charles Lloyd-Pack English actor (died 1983)
October 17, 1902 Irene Ryan American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 1973)
December 14, 1902 Frances Bavier American actress (Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1989)
December 25, 1902 Barton MacLane American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1969)
May 29, 1903 Bob Hope British-American movie, television, radio and vaudeville actor, writer and producer (Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre) (died 2003)
September 17, 1903 Dolores Costello American actress (died 1979)
March 1, 1904 Paul Hartman American dancer and actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D.) (died 1973)
June 17, 1904 Ralph Bellamy American stage, movie and television actor (Man Against Crime) (died 1991)
July 5, 1904 Don Goddard Radio and television announcer (died 1994)
January 26, 1905 Charles Lane American actor (Petticoat Junction) (died 2007)
January 27, 1905 Howard McNear American actor (Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1969)
May 16, 1905 Henry Fonda American actor (died 1982)
September 18, 1905 Eddie Anderson American actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1977)
October 4, 1905 Leslie Mitchell British announcer (died 1985)
February 6, 1906 John Carradine American actor (died 1988)
February 20, 1906 Gale Gordon American actor (The Lucy Show) (died 1995)
March 29, 1906 Anthony W. Marshall American television producer (died 1999)
April 4, 1906 Bea Benaderet American actress (The Flintstones) (died 1968)
John Cameron Swayze American anchorman (Camel News Caravan) (died 1995)
April 22, 1906 Eddie Albert American actor (Green Acres, Switch) (died 2005)
August 19, 1906 Philo Farnsworth American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode-ray tube television (died 1971)
January 6, 1907 Helen Kleeb American actress (The Waltons) (died 2003)
February 12, 1907 Joseph Kearns American actor (Dennis the Menace) (died 1962)
February 26, 1907 Dub Taylor American actor (died 1994)
March 16, 1907 Frances Fuller American actress (died 1980)
May 22, 1907 Cecil McGivern British broadcasting executive; controller of BBC Television from 1950 to 1957 (died 1963)
August 7, 1907 Joe Besser American actor (died 1988)
August 20, 1907 Alan Reed American actor (voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones) (died 1977)
September 29, 1907 Gene Autry American music performer (The Gene Autry Show), and founder of the Los Angeles Angels MLB franchise (died 1998)
October 20, 1907 Arlene Francis American actress and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 2001)
January 8, 1908 William Hartnell British actor; the original Doctor Who in the 1960s (died 1975)
January 30, 1908 Richard Hearne British comic performer ("Mr Pastry") (died 1979)
February 13, 1908 Pauline Frederick American journalist (died 1990)
February 14, 1908 Lennie Hayton American composer (died 1971)
February 28, 1908 Billie Bird American radio, film, television and vaudeville actress (Dear John) (died 2002)
April 2, 1908 Buddy Ebsen American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 2003)
April 30, 1908 Eve Arden American actress (Our Miss Brooks) (died 1990)
May 10, 1908 Neva Carr Glyn Actress (died 1975)
June 18, 1908 Bud Collyer American radio actor and announcer and game show host (died 1969)
July 12, 1908 Milton Berle American actor (Texaco Star Theater) (died 2002)
July 31, 1908 Bill Shadel American news anchor (died 2005)
August 27, 1908 Lyndon B. Johnson American president (died 1973)
October 6, 1908 Carole Lombard American actress (died 1942)
December 14, 1908 Morey Amsterdam American actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 1996)
December 21, 1908 Pat Weaver American broadcasting executive (died 2002)
February 2, 1909 Frank Albertson American actor (died 1964)
February 16, 1909 Hugh Beaumont American actor (Leave it to Beaver) (died 1982)
March 18, 1909 Henry Longhurst Golf writer (died 1978)
May 1, 1909 Elmer Balaban American theater owner and early cable television provider (died 2001)
May 13, 1909 Mae Laborde American actress (died 2012)
July 26, 1909 Vivian Vance American actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1979)
November 11, 1909 Paul Shannon Pittsburgh radio and television announcer (died 1990)

Births (1910–1919)

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Date Name Notability
January 23, 1910 Django Reinhardt Composer (died 1953)
May 15, 1910 Michael Barry British television producer and executive; Head of Drama at BBC television from 1952 to 1962 (died 1988)
May 22, 1910 Johnny Olson American radio and television announcer (The New Price Is Right) (died 1985)
May 28, 1910 Thora Hird English comic actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Talking Heads) (died 2003)
June 10, 1910 Red Foley American singer (died 1968)
June 13, 1910 Mary Wickes American actress (Father Dowling Mysteries) (died 1995)
August 22, 1910 Lesley Woods American actress (died 2003)
October 23, 1910 Hayden Rorke American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1987)
February 6, 1911 Ronald Reagan American actor and president (General Electric Theater) (died 2004)
February 13, 1911 Jean Muir American actress (died 1996)
March 5, 1911 Joseph Tomelty Irish actor (died 1995)
March 13, 1911 Marie Rudisill American television personality (The Fruitcake Lady from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) (died 2006)
May 6, 1911 Frank Nelson American actor (died 1986)
July 7, 1911 Gretchen Franklin British actress (EastEnders) (died 2005)
August 6, 1911 Lucille Ball American comic actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1989)
October 23, 1911 Martha Rountree American broadcast journalist (Meet the Press) (died 1999)
November 5, 1911 Roy Rogers American singer and actor (The Roy Rogers Show) (died 1998)
December 10, 1911 Chet Huntley American anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (died 1974)
January 7, 1912 Charles Addams American cartoonist (created The Addams Family) (died 1988)
January 8, 1912 José Ferrer American actor (died 1992)
February 4, 1912 Byron Nelson American golfer (died 2006)
March 14, 1912 Les Brown British actor (Dad's Army) (died 1983)
March 16, 1912 Pat Nixon 37th first lady of the United States (died 1993)[3]
March 18, 1912 Art Gilmore American actor (Dragnet, Adam-12) (died 2010)
April 5, 1912 John Le Mesurier American jazz musician (died 2001)
July 23, 1912 Michael Wilding Actor (died 1979)
September 8, 1912 Leo Cherne American economist (died 1999)
September 20, 1912 Ron Cochran American television news journalist (died 1994)
October 31, 1912 Dale Evans American singer and actress (The Roy Rogers Show) (died 2001)
November 23, 1912 George O'Hanlon American film and voice actor (voice of George Jetson on The Jetsons) (died 1989)
November 26, 1912 Eric Sevareid American CBS news journalist (died 1992)
November 27, 1912 Connie Sawyer American actress (died 2018)
December 22, 1912 Lady Bird Johnson 36th first lady of the United States (died 2007)[4]
January 9, 1913 Richard Nixon American president (died 1994)
January 28, 1913 Maurice Gosfield American actor (The Phil Silvers Show) (died 1964)
February 25, 1913 Jim Backus American actor (Gilligan's Island, Mr. Magoo) (died 1989)
April 3, 1913 David Markham Actor (died 1983)
April 10, 1913 Bill Burns Anchor (died 1997)
May 13, 1913 Jasmine Bligh British presenter; one of the first BBC Television Service presenters of the 1930s (died 1991)
May 25, 1913 Richard Dimbleby British journalist (BBC), commentator on state events, and presenter of current affairs programmes such as Panorama (died 1965)
June 13, 1913 Ralph Edwards American host (died 2005)
July 3, 1913 Dorothy Kilgallen American journalist and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 1965)
July 13, 1913 Dave Garroway American journalist (The Today Show) (died 1982)
July 14, 1913 Gerald Ford American president (died 2006)
August 18, 1913 Bryson Rash American journalist (died 1992)
August 25, 1913 Don DeFore American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Hazel) (died 1993)
January 5, 1914 George Reeves American actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1959)
February 20, 1914 John Charles Daly American news journalist and game show host (What's My Line?) (died 1991)
March 13, 1914 Olaf Pooley Actor (died 2015)
March 15, 1914 Joe E. Ross American actor (The Phil Silvers Show, Car 54, Where Are You?) (died 1982)
March 27, 1914 Budd Schulberg American screenwriter (died 2009)
March 30, 1914 Stuart Novins American journalist (died 1989)
April 1, 1914 Pete Carpenter American arranger (died 1987)
April 14, 1914 Richard S. Salant CBS executive (died 1993)
April 23, 1914 Harry Crane Writer (died 1999)
May 12, 1914 Howard K. Smith American anchorman (ABC Evening News) (died 2002)
June 25, 1914 Mavis Pugh British character actress (You Rang, M'Lord?) (died 2006)
July 6, 1914 Vincent J. McMahon American professional wrestling promoter (died 1984)
August 31, 1914 Richard Basehart American actor (died 1984)
September 18, 1914 Harry Townes American actor (The Fugitive) (died 2001)
October 26, 1914 Jackie Coogan American actor (The Addams Family) (died 1984)
October 30, 1914 Anna Wing British actress (EastEnders) (died 2013)
November 8, 1914 Norman Lloyd American actor, director, and producer (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, St. Elsewhere) (died 2021)
December 2, 1914 Ray Walston American actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times) (died 2001)
December 26, 1914 Geoffrey Lumsden British character actor (Dad's Army) (died 1984)
January 5, 1915 John Tate Australian actor (died 1979)
January 12, 1915 Martin Agronsky American journalist (died 1999)
January 14, 1915 Mark Goodson American television producer (died 1992)
January 31, 1915 Garry Moore American game series host and television personality (I've Got a Secret) (died 1993)
February 1, 1915 Art Balinger American actor (Dragnet 1967, Adam-12) (died 2011)
February 12, 1915 Lorne Greene American actor (Bonanza) (died 1987)
February 19, 1915 Dick Emery English comic actor (The Dick Emery Show) (died 1983)
April 10, 1915 Harry Morgan American actor (Dragnet, M*A*S*H) (died 2011)
May 30, 1915 Frank Blair American journalist (died 1995)
September 14, 1915 Roy Wood Sr. American host (died 1995)
September 22, 1915 Arthur Lowe British actor (Coronation Street, Dad's Army) (died 1982)
October 30, 1915 Fred W. Friendly American president of CBS News (died 1998)
November 2, 1915 Sidney Luft American actor (died 2005)
December 22, 1915 Barbara Billingsley American actress (Leave it to Beaver, Muppet Babies) (died 2010)
January 27, 1916 Merrill Mueller American journalist (died 1980)
January 29, 1916 Bill Lawrence American journalist (died 1972)
February 14, 1916 Edward Platt American actor (Get Smart) (died 1974)
February 26, 1916 Jackie Gleason American actor (The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show) (died 1987)
February 29, 1916 Dinah Shore American actress (died 1994)
March 6, 1916 Virginia Gregg American actress (Calvin and the Colonel, Dragnet) (died 1986)
March 17, 1916 Patricia Kennedy Australian actress (died 2012)
March 31, 1916 Lucille Bliss American actress (The Smurfs, Invader Zim) (died 2012)
April 4, 1916 David White American actor (Bewitched) (died 1990)
April 26, 1916 Vic Perrin American voice actor (The Outer Limits, Hanna-Barbera cartoons) (died 1989)
May 14, 1916 Del Moore American actor (Life with Elizabeth, Bachelor Father, Dragnet 1967) (died 1970)
July 11, 1916 Reg Varney English comedy actor (The Rag Trade, On the Buses) (died 2008)
July 23, 1916 Sandra Gould American actress (Bewitched) (died 1999)
July 31, 1916 Bill Todman American television producer (died 1979)
August 24, 1916 Hal Smith American actor (The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1994)
October 13, 1916 Johnny Stearns American actor and producer (Mary Kay and Johnny, The Tonight Show) (died 2001)
November 4, 1916 Walter Cronkite American anchorman (CBS Evening News) (died 2009)
February 6, 1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor Actress (died 2016)
February 8, 1917 Jack Drees Sportscaster (died 1988)
March 2, 1917 Desi Arnaz Cuban-born performer (I Love Lucy) (died 1986)
March 30, 1917 Herbert Anderson American actor (Dennis the Menace) (died 1994)
April 2, 1917 Dabbs Greer American actor (The Fugitive, Little House on the Prairie) (died 2007)
April 16, 1917 Barry Nelson American actor (Climax!) (died 2007)
May 16, 1917 George Gaynes Finnish-born American actor (Punky Brewster, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) (died 2016)
May 21, 1917 Raymond Burr Canadian actor (Perry Mason, Ironside) (died 1993)
May 29, 1917 John F. Kennedy American president (died 1963); his performance in the first presidential debates and assassination are among the most important events in television history.[5][6]
June 7, 1917 Dean Martin American actor, singer (The Dean Martin Show) (died 1995)
June 9, 1917 McDonald Hobley British continuity announcer (BBC Television) (died 1987)
June 10, 1917 Lena Horne Actress (died 2010)
July 10, 1917 Don Herbert American television host (Watch Mr. Wizard) (died 2007)
July 14, 1917 Douglas Edwards American anchorman (CBS Evening News) (died 1990)
August 24, 1917 Dennis James Game show host (died 1997)
August 29, 1917 Isabel Sanford Actress (died 2004)
September 4, 1917 Hilary Mason British actress (Maid Marian and her Merry Men) (died 2006)
September 29, 1917 Chandler Cowles Actor (died 1997)
October 16, 1917 Alice Pearce American actress (Bewitched) (died 1966)
October 28, 1917 Jack Soo Japanese-American actor (Barney Miller) (died 1979)
December 17, 1917 Elyse Knox American actress (died 2012)
December 22, 1917 Gene Rayburn American television personality (Match Game, The Tonight Show) (died 1999)
February 15, 1918 Allan Arbus American actor (M*A*S*H) (died 2013)
February 22, 1918 Don Pardo American television announcer (Saturday Night Live) (died 2014)
March 12, 1918 Frank Overton Actor (died 1967)
March 21, 1918 Arturo Castro Actor (died 1975)
March 25, 1918 Howard Cosell American television personality (The Tonight Show) (died 1995)
April 7, 1918 William Eythe American actor (died 1957)
April 8, 1918 Betty Ford 38th first lady of the United States (died 2011)[7]
May 1, 1918 Jack Paar American television personality (The Tonight Show) (died 2004)
May 9, 1918 Mike Wallace American anchorman (60 Minutes) (died 2012)
June 30, 1918 Isobel Barnett British broadcast personality (What's My Line?) (suicide 1980)
July 26, 1918 Stacy Harris American actor (Dragnet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) (died 1973)
August 7, 1918 Jane Adams American actress (died 2014)
August 7, 1918 Hutton Gibson American writer (died 2020)
September 14, 1918 Bill Hanrahan American announcer (died 1996)
November 4, 1918 Art Carney American actor (The Honeymooners) (died 2003)
November 7, 1918 Billy Graham American televangelist (died 2018)
December 2, 1918 Milton DeLugg American bandleader and composer (Broadway Open House, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade) (died 2015)
December 19, 1918 Lee Rich American film and television producer (died 1976)
December 27, 1918 Paul Gilbert American actor (died 1976)
January 1, 1919 Carole Landis American actress (died 1948)
January 13, 1919 Robert Stack American actor (The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries) (died 2003)
January 14, 1919 Andy Rooney American writer (died 2011)
February 11, 1919 Eva Gabor Hungarian actress (Green Acres) (died 1995)
March 12, 1919 Frank Campanella Actor (died 2006)
March 19, 1919 Nat King Cole Actor (died 1965)
May 4, 1919 John Hope American meteorologist (The Weather Channel), named Hurricane Camille for his daughter (died 2002)
June 12, 1919 Uta Hagen American actress (died 2004)
June 17, 1919 Ray Scott American sportcaster (died 1998)
June 18, 1919 Mel Brandt American actor (died 2008)
August 19, 1919 Philip Perlman American actor (died 2015)
September 4, 1919 Howard Morris American actor (The Andy Griffith Show) (died 2005)
September 28, 1919 Tom Harmon American actor (died 1990)
October 14, 1919 Shaun Sutton British writer, director, and producer; longest-serving Head of Drama at BBC Television (died 2004)
November 4, 1919 Shirley Mitchell American actress (died 2013)
November 15, 1919 Joseph Wapner American judge (died 2017)
November 15, 1919 Martin Balsam American actor (died 1996)
November 19, 1919 Alan Young English-born American actor (Mister Ed, DuckTales) (died 2016)
December 11, 1919 Cliff Michelmore English broadcast presenter (died 2016)
December 19, 1919 Bill Morey Actor (died 2003)

Births (1920–1924)

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Date Name Notability
January 9, 1920 Bunney Brooke Australian actress and casting agent (Number 96) (died 2000)
January 14, 1920 George Herman CBS journalist (died 2005)
January 30, 1920 Michael Anderson English director (died 2018)
February 18, 1920 Bill Cullen American game series host (The Price Is Right, I've Got a Secret) (died 1990)
February 26, 1920 Tony Randall American actor (The Odd Couple) (died 2004)
February 29, 1920 Arthur Franz American actor (died 2006)
James Mitchell American actor (died 2010)
March 16, 1920 John Addison English screen composer (died 1998)
March 25, 1920 Bill MacPhail American television sports executive (died 1996)
April 17, 1920 Arnold Yarrow English actor (EastEnders) and screenwriter (died 2024)
June 18, 1920 Ian Carmichael English actor (The World of Wooster) (died 2010)
July 10, 1920 David Brinkley American anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (died 2003)
July 18, 1920 Dolph Sweet American actor (Gimme a Break!, Another World) (died 1985)
August 6, 1920 Selma Diamond Canadian-born American actress (Night Court) (died 1985)
August 18, 1920 Shelley Winters American actress (Roseanne) (died 2006)
August 19, 1920 Joseph Wershba American journalist (died 2011)
October 27, 1920 Nanette Fabray American actress (One Day at a Time) (died 2018)
Phyllis Hill American actress (died 1993)
November 1, 1920 James J. Kilpatrick American journalist (died 2010)
November 20, 1920 Lee Guber American theater impresario (died 1988)
November 25, 1920 Noel Neill American actress (Adventures of Superman) (died 2016)
November 25, 1920 Ricardo Montalbán Actor (Fantasy Island, Freakazoid!, Kim Possible) (died 2009)
December 7, 1920 Reuven Frank American broadcast news executive (died 2006)
January 6, 1921 Cary Middlecoff Golfer (died 1998)
January 15, 1921 Frank Thornton English actor (Are You Being Served?) (died 2013)
January 15, 1921 Dehl Berti Actor (died 1991)
February 1, 1921 Peter Sallis English actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Wallace and Gromit) (died 2017)
February 14, 1921 Hugh Downs American radio and television broadcaster (died 2020)
February 24, 1921 Abe Vigoda American actor (Barney Miller) (died 2016)
March 22, 1921 Caryl Ledner American writer (died 1984)[8][9][10]
April 5, 1921 Christopher Hewett British actor (Mr. Belvedere) (died 2001)
April 22, 1921 Charlotte Lawrence actress (died 1993)
May 14, 1921 Richard Deacon American actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver) (died 1984)
May 21, 1921 Howard Reig American announcer (died 2008)
June 15, 1921 Erroll Garner American composer (died 1977)
July 6, 1921 Nancy Reagan Actress and 40th first lady of the United States (died 2016)[11]
July 15, 1921 Jean Heywood British actress (Boys from the Blackstuff) (died 2019)[12]
July 23, 1921 Calvert DeForest American actor (died 2007)
July 24, 1921 Billy Taylor American jazz pianist (died 2010)
August 8, 1921 William Asher American producer, director and writer (Bewitched) (died 2012)
August 9, 1921 Ernest Angley American Christian evangelist (died 2021)
August 21, 1921 John Osteen Pastor (died 1999)
August 25, 1921 Monty Hall Canadian TV host (died 2017)
August 27, 1921 Leo Penn Actor (died 1998)
August 31, 1921 Madeline Amgott American television news producer (died 2014)
September 12, 1921 Frank McGee Journalist (died 1974)
September 14, 1921 Bud Palmer Basketball player (died 2013)
September 24, 1921 Sheila MacRae English-born American actress (The Honeymooners, General Hospital) (died 2014)
Jim McKay American television sports journalist (died 2008)
October 1, 1921 James Whitmore American actor (died 2009)
October 17, 1921 Tom Poston American actor (Newhart) (died 2007)
November 14, 1921 Brian Keith American actor (Family Affair) (died 1997)
November 22, 1921 Rodney Dangerfield American comedian and actor (The Dean Martin Show) (died 2004)
December 11, 1921 Liz Smith English character actress (The Royle Family) (died 2016)
December 26, 1921 Steve Allen American television personality (The Tonight Show) (died 2000)
January 17, 1922 Betty White American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland) (died 2021)
January 21, 1922 Telly Savalas American actor (Kojak) (died 1994)
January 30, 1922 Dick Martin American comedian (Laugh-In) (died 2008)
February 8, 1922 Audrey Meadows American actress (The Honeymooners) (died 1996)
February 9, 1922 Kathryn Grayson American actress (Murder, She Wrote) (died 2010)
February 18, 1922 Allan Melvin American actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family) (died 2008)
February 24, 1922 Steven Hill American actor (Law & Order, Mission: Impossible) (died 2016)
March 5, 1922 James Noble American actor (Benson) (died 2016)
March 6, 1922 Burt Balaban American film producer and director (died 1965)
March 11, 1922 Paul Alter American director (died 2011)
March 20, 1922 Carl Reiner American actor, writer, director and producer (Your Show of Shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 2020)
March 23, 1922 Marty Allen American comedian and actor, "The Darling of Daytime TV" (died 2018)
April 3, 1922 Doris Day American actress and singer (The Doris Day Show) (died 2019)
April 5, 1922 Gale Storm American actress (My Little Margie) (died 2009)
April 15, 1922 Michael Ansara Syrian-American actor (Law of the Plainsman, Broken Arrow, Star Trek, Batman: The Animated Series) (d. 2013)
April 18, 1922 Barbara Hale American actress (Perry Mason) (died 2017)
April 19, 1922 Billy Joe Patton American golfer (died 2011)
April 27, 1922 Jack Klugman American actor (The Odd Couple, Quincy) (died 2012)
May 7, 1922 Darren McGavin American actor (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) (died 2006)
May 10, 1922 Nancy Walker American actress (Rhoda, Bounty paper towel commercials) (died 1992)
May 13, 1922 Beatrice Arthur American actress (Maude, The Golden Girls) (died 2009)
May 18, 1922 Bill Macy American actor (Maude) (died 2019)
May 22, 1922 Quinn Martin American producer (The Fugitive, The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco) (died 1987)
May 27, 1922 Christopher Lee Actor (died 2015)
June 9, 1922 George Axelrod American screenwriter (died 2003)
June 10, 1922 Judy Garland American actress (died 1969)
June 24, 1922 Jack Carter American comedian, actor, and television presenter (died 2015)
July 21, 1922 Mollie Sugden British actress (Are You Being Served?) (died 2009)
July 22, 1922 Dan Rowan American comedian (Laugh-In) (died 1987)
July 27, 1922 Norman Lear American producer (All in the Family, Sanford and Son and many others) (died 2023)
August 1, 1922 Arthur Hill Canadian-born actor (died 2006)
September 1, 1922 Yvonne De Carlo American actress (The Munsters) (died 2007)
October 9, 1922 Fyvush Finkel American stage and television actor (Boston Public). (died 2016)
October 22, 1922 Neal Hefti American composer (died 2008)
October 31, 1922 Barbara Bel Geddes American actress (Dallas) (died 2005)
November 13, 1922 Jack Narz American game show host and announcer (died 2008)
Madeleine Sherwood Canadian actress (The Flying Nun) (died 2016)
December 9, 1922 Redd Foxx American comedian (Sanford and Son) (died 1991)
December 14, 1922 Don Hewitt American television news producer (died 2009)
December 20, 1922 Charita Bauer American actress (The Guiding Light) (died 1985)
December 21, 1922 Paul Winchell American actor (died 2005)
December 22, 1922 Ruth Roman American actress (Murder, She Wrote) (died 1999)
January 3, 1923 Hank Stram American football coach and sportscaster (died 2005)
January 6, 1923 Charles "Red" Donley American sports and news anchor (died 1998)
January 8, 1923 Larry Storch American actor (F-Troop) (died 2022)
January 19, 1923 Jean Stapleton American actress (All in the Family) (died 2013)
January 20, 1923 Diana Douglas American actress (died 2015)
January 23, 1923 Florence Halop American actress (St. Elsewhere, Night Court) (died 1986)
February 4, 1923 Conrad Bain Canadian-American actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes) (died 2013)
March 6, 1923 Ed McMahon American game show host and announcer (The Tonight Show, Star Search) (died 2009)
March 11, 1923 Terence Alexander English actor (Bergerac) (died 2009)
March 30, 1923 Frank Field American meteorologist (WNBC-TV, The Tonight Show) (died 2023)
April 2, 1923 Gloria Henry American actress (Dennis the Menace) (died 2021)
April 4, 1923 Peter Vaughan British character actor (Porridge, Game of Thrones) (died 2016)
April 8, 1923 Edward Mulhare Actor (died 1997)
April 10, 1923 Jane Kean American actress and singer (The Jackie Gleason Show, The Honeymooners) (died 2013)
April 13, 1923 Don Adams American actor (Get Smart, Inspector Gadget) (died 2005)
April 17, 1923 Lon McCallister American actor (died 2005)
Harry Reasoner American journalist (died 1991)
April 22, 1923 Aaron Spelling American movie and television producer (Beverly Hills, 90210) (died 2006)
April 30, 1923 Al Lewis American actor (The Munsters) (died 2006)
May 21, 1923 Evelyn Ward American actor (died 2012)
May 26, 1923 James Arness American actor (Gunsmoke) (died 2011)
July 8, 1923 Hal Scott American sportcaster (died 2010)
July 15, 1923 Herb Sargent American writer (died 2005)
July 22, 1923 Bob Dole American politician (died 2021)
July 25, 1923 Estelle Getty American actress (The Golden Girls) (died 2008)
July 28, 1923 Ray Ellis American conductor (died 2008)
July 29, 1923 George Burditt American writer (died 2013)
August 15, 1923 Rose Marie American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 2017)
August 21, 1923 Chris Schenkel American sportscaster (died 2005)
September 7, 1923 Peter Lawford American actor (died 1984)
September 9, 1923 Cliff Robertson American actor (died 2011)
September 17, 1923 David Oreck American salesman (died 2023)
September 20, 1923 Jimmy Perry English scriptwriter (Dad's Army) (died 2016)
September 28, 1923 William Windom American actor (Murder, She Wrote) (died 2012)
October 5, 1923 Glynis Johns British actress (died 2024)
October 10, 1923 Murray Walker English motorsport commentator (died 2021)
November 7, 1923 Bob Young American announcer (died 2011)
November 12, 1923 Ernie Anderson American announcer (died 1997)
November 20, 1923 Danny Dayton American actor (died 1999)
November 29, 1923 Frank Reynolds American television journalist (died 1983)
December 10, 1923 Harold Gould American actor (Rhoda, The Golden Girls) (died 2010)
December 12, 1923 Bob Barker American game series presenter (The New Price Is Right) (died 2023)
December 23, 1923 Leonard B. Stern Screenwriter (died 2011)
December 29, 1923 Dina Merrill Actress (died 2017)
January 14, 1924 Carole Cook American actress (died 2023)
January 19, 1924 Nicholas Colasanto American actor and director (Cheers) (died 1985)
January 21, 1924 Benny Hill English comedian (died 1992)
January 29, 1924 Enrico Simonetti Italian musician and presenter (Simonetti Show) (died 1978)
Dorothy Malone American actress (Peyton Place) (died 2018)
February 14, 1924 Gabe Pressman American journalist (died 2017)
February 19, 1924 Lee Marvin American actor (died 1987)
February 28, 1924 Bettye Ackerman American actress (died 2006)
March 3, 1924 John Woodnutt English actor (died 2006)
Lys Assia Swiss singer, first winner of Eurovision Song Contest (died 2018)
March 8, 1924 Sean McClory Irish actor (The Californians) (died 2003)
March 22, 1924 Bill Wendell American announcer (died 1999)
March 24, 1924 Norman Fell American actor (Three's Company) (died 1998)
March 25, 1924 Roberts Blossom American actor (died 2011)
April 15, 1924 Rikki Fulton Scottish comedian (Scotch and Wry) (died 2004)
April 20, 1924 Nina Foch American actress (died 2008)
May 1, 1924 Art Fleming American stage, radio and television personality (Jeopardy!) (died 1995)
Terry Southern American screenwriter (died 1995)
May 2, 1924 Theodore Bikel Austrian actor (Babylon 5: In the Beginning) (died 2015)
May 6, 1924 Patricia Kennedy Lawford American socialite (died 2006)
May 12, 1924 Tony Hancock English comic performer (Hancock's Half Hour) (suicide 1968)
May 18, 1924 Jack Whitaker Sportscaster (died 2019)
June 3, 1924 Colleen Dewhurst Movie and television actress (died 1991)
June 12, 1924 George H. W. Bush American president (died 2018)
June 17, 1924 Marie Torre American television personality (died 1997)
June 24, 1924 Sidney Lumet American screenwriter (died 2011)
June 26, 1924 Richard Bull American movie and television actor (Little House on the Prairie) (died 2014)
July 10, 1924 Gloria Stroock American actress (died 2024)
July 11, 1924 Brett Somers Canadian-born American actress and comedian (The Odd Couple, Match Game '73) (died 2007)
July 21, 1924 Don Knotts American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company) (died 2006)
July 29, 1924 Joseph Cranston American producer (died 2014)
August 2, 1924 Carroll O'Connor American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night) (died 2001)
August 15, 1924 Werner Abrolat German actor (Tatort) (died 1997)
August 21, 1924 Jack Buck Sportscaster (died 2002)
August 31, 1924 Buddy Hackett Actor (died 2003)
September 10, 1924 Georgiana Young TV actress (died 2007)
September 19, 1924 Don Harron Canadian comedian and actor (Hee Haw) (died 2015)
September 20, 1924 Paul K. Niven Jr. TV journalist (died 1970)
September 24, 1924 Bob Herron American stuntman and actor (died 2021)
October 1, 1924 Jimmy Carter Former American president
October 21, 1924 Joyce Randolph American actress (The Honeymooners) (died 2024)
Julie Wilson American actress (died 2015)
November 18, 1924 Les Lye Canadian actor (You Can't Do That On Television) (died 2009)
November 21, 1924 Joseph Campanella American actor (Mannix, The Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives) (died 2018)
November 23, 1924 Anita Linda Filipina actress (Tayong Dalawa) (died 2020)
December 12, 1924 Ed Koch American judge (died 2013)
December 13, 1924 Maria Riva American actress
December 14, 1924 Marge Redmond American actress (The Flying Nun, Matlock) (died 2020)
December 23, 1924 Floyd Kalber American television journalist (died 2004)

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References

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  1. ^ Sutton, Henry (7 November 1890). "Tele-photography". Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review: 550.
  2. ^ U.S. Patent No. 577,373, Method of Reproducing Photographs, filed 1895, issued 1897.
  3. ^ "Pat Nixon, Former First Lady, Dies at 81". The New York Times. 1993-06-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  4. ^ Nemy, Enid (2007-07-11). "Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  5. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (2023-11-14). "How the JFK assassination changed TV news and the journalists who covered it 60 years ago". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  6. ^ Andrew, Scottie (2024-01-16). "The 75 most impactful TV moments are debuts, farewells and historic firsts". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  7. ^ Nemy, Enid (2011-07-09). "Betty Ford, Former First Lady, Dies at 93". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  8. ^ "Emmy-Winning TV Film Writer Caryl Ledner". Los Angeles Times. January 11, 1984. pt. II, pg. 4. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VD-7B6 : Thu Oct 19 17:34:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Gerald Andrew Ledner and Caryl Betty Goldsmith, 26 Oct 1939.
  10. ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77N-J9N : 6 October 2022), Caryl Betty Goldsmith, .
  11. ^ Cannon, Lou (2016-03-06). "Nancy Reagan, an Influential and Protective First Lady, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  12. ^ Hayward, Anthony (7 November 2019). "Jean Heywood obituary". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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