Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1925 in television, other events of 1926, 1927 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events 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 The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA Births January 8 - Soupy Sales, comedian April 22 - Charlotte Rae, actress April 30 - Cloris Leachman, actress May 8 - Don Rickles, comedian and actor June 1 - Andy Griffith June 28 - Mel Brooks, entertainer Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.