1926 in television

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This is a list of television-related events in 1926.

Years in film:	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
Years in television:	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
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Years:	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Contents 1 Global television events 2 Births

[edit] Global television events

Month	Day	Event
January	26	John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system to 40 members of the Royal Institution.
August	18	A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in Washington, D.C.
December	25	A Japanese researcher caller Kenjiro Takayanagi demonstrates the world's first all-electronic television reception system based on a cathode ray tube. For the first time a television image is produced by forming and manipulating an electron beam.

[edit] Births

Month	Day	Name	Occupation/Accolades
January	08	Soupy Sales	U.S. comedian and actor
April	22	Charlotte Rae	U.S. actress and singer
	30	Cloris Leachman	U.S. actress
May	08	Sir David Attenborough	British naturalist and documentary-maker
	08	Don Rickles	U.S. comedian and actor
June	01	Andy Griffith	U.S. actor, writer, and television producer
	28	Mel Brooks	U.S. entertainer, actor, director, and theatrical producer
July	10	Fred Gwynne	U.S. actor

Years in television: 1926
United States