See also: 1939 in television, other events of 1940, 1941 in television and the list of 'years in television'. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page indexes the individual year in television pages. ...

Events

• January - The FCC holds public hearings on television.
• February 25 - The first ice hockey game is televised, the New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadians, from Madison Square Garden.
• February 28 - The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden; Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh.
• March 15 - RCA cuts the price of television sets.
• June - W2XBS in New York (NBC) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 33 hours, over a five day period. The signal is transmitted via coaxial cable.
• August 29 - Peter Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system.
• September 3 - CBS resumes its television transmissions with the first demonstration of high definition color TV, by W2XAB, transmitting from the Chrysler Building.

January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, created, directed, and empowered by Congressional statute. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a National Hockey League team based in New York City. ... The Montréal Canadiens (officially le Club de Hockey Canadien, and known as le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, The Habs, le Tricolore, les Glorieux, la Sainte-Flanelle, les Habitants, le Canadien, the Flying Frenchmen) are a National Hockey League team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and sometimes simply called The Garden has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and sometimes simply called The Garden has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... Fordham University is a private, co-educational university located in the Bronx in New York City (but with campuses also in Manhattan — at Lincoln Center — and Westchester). ... The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson Consumer Electronics, which manufactures RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related accessories; and... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... WNBC-TV (NBC4) is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ... The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. ... Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County. ... Coaxial cable is an electrical cable consisting of a round conducting wire, surrounded by an insulating spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath, and usually surrounded by a final insulating layer. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... Peter Goldmark, Columbia Records engineer and developer of the long-playing 33-1/3 rpm vinyl discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Chrysler Building Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building is a distinctive symbol of New York City, standing 1,046 feet (319 m) high on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. ...

Ending This Year

• 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

• February 6, Tom Brokaw, journalist.
• February 8, Ted Koppel, journalist.
• February 27, Howard Hesseman, actor.
• March 7, Daniel J. Travanti, actor.
• March 8, Susan Clark, actress.
• August 9, Beverlee McKinsey, actress.