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February 9 - John Logie Baird transmits television pictures across the Atlantic. The pictures are transmitted from Motograph House, London by telephone cable to Bert Clapp's station GK2Z at 40 Warwick Road, Coulsdon, Surrey, and then by radio to Hartsdale, New York, USA.
May 11 - The first regular schedule of TV programming is begun in the Schenectady, New York, United States by the General Electric's station WGY. A half hour program is broadcast on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.
June 12 The first outside broadcast is made by Baird on his roof in 133 Long Acre, London, featuring the actor Jack Buchanan.
July 3 Baird demonstrates a colour television system achieved by scanning through red, green and blue filters.
August 22 - Alfred E. Smith accepts the Democraticlogo depicts a stylized donkey in red, white, and blue. The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. The Party is currently the minority in both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, as w presidential nomination, with WGY simulcasting the event on radio and television. This was the first live broadcast and the first television news event.
September 11September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar (in the period 1900 to 2099 A. The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been widely used in the Western media - The first broadcast of a play on television, The Queen's Messenger on W2XAD.
W2XBS, RCARCA is a trademark used by three now separate companies descended from a common ancestor: the Radio Corporation of America . Various product lines and business interests of these companies now carry the RCA brand. History of RCA During World War I the pat's first television station, is established in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,.

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1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu	1928 Winter OlympicsThe II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own, and not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics''. The preceding 1924 Winter Olympics were retroactively renamed	1928 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation. Games
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