See also: 1926 in television, other events of 1927, 1928 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

Events

• January 1 - The British Broadcasting Company becomes the British Broadcasting Corporation.
• April 7 - Bell Telephone Company transmits an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover 200 miles over telephone lines which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television
• May - Philo Farnsworth transmits the first experimental electronic television pictures
• May 23 - The first demonstration of television before a large audience. Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers view the demonstration at the Bell Telephone Building in New York City.
• September 7 - The Royal Television Society is founded in the UK, although at this time it is known simply as 'The Television Society', not gaining its Royal patronage until 1966.
• September - John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision video disc records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78rpm gramophone records.
• Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow over a telephone line.

• The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) is best known as being the 31st (1929-1933) President of the United States. ... This article is about the month of May. ... Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... The American Institute of Electrical Engineers was a United States based organization of electrical engineers that existed between 1884 and 1963 (when it merged with the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)). The 1884 founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) included some of the most prominent inventors and... Following several attempts to form a technical organization of wireless practitioners in 1908-1912, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) was finally established in 1912 in New York. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... John Logie Baird (August 14, 1888 – June 14, 1946) was a Scottish engineer, who is best known for being the first person to demonstrate a working television. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow or Glaschù is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... A telephone handset A touch-tone telephone dial Telephone This article is about telephone technology. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...

TV Shows

• The Laurel and Hardy Show (1926-1940)

1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Births

• January 17 - Eartha Kitt, actress, singer
• February 15 - Harvey Korman, actor, comedian

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eartha Kitt, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1952 Eartha Mae Kitt, born January 17, 1927, is an actress and singer. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Harvey Herschel Kormen (b. ...

Deaths