The year 1929 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events during 1929.
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| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| June | 27 | Herbert Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City demonstrate color mechanical television (this was first achieved by John Logie Baird the previous year). The 50-line color images are of a bouquet of roses and an American flag. The images are transmitted between New York and Washington, D.C. |
| August | 20 | First transmissions of Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC in London.[1] |
| 25 | Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins broadcasting movies on a daily basis, 60 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second. |
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 11 | Italy's first TV continuity announcer (died 2021) | |
| January 20 | U.S. comic actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) (died 2019) | |
| February 4 | U.S. actor | |
| February 22 | U.S. actress (Wings) | |
| March 5 | U.S. actor (Sanford and Son) (died 2020) | |
| April 3 | U.S. television personality (died 2018) | |
| April 10 | U.S. actress (died 2022) | |
| June 3 | U.S. game show host (The Dating Game) (died 2017) | |
| June 23 | U.S. singer and actress (The Johnny Cash Show) (died 2003) | |
| July 5 | U.S. actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?) (died 2019) | |
| July 28 | 35th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)[2] | |
| July 31 | U.S. actor (The Outcasts, Knots Landing) (died 2024) | |
| August 17 | U.S. actress (The Young and the Restless) | |
| September 5 | U.S. comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) (died 2024) | |
| September 25 | British comedian, half of The Two Ronnies (died 2005) | |
| Barbara Walters | U.S. journalist and TV personality (died 2022) | |
| October 16 | American journalist (died 2018) | |
| October 23 | American producer (died 2015) | |
| November 2 | U.S. actress (General Hospital) | |
| November 15 | U.S. actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) (died 2021) | |
| November 20 | U.S. actor (The X-Files) | |
| November 25 | U.S. actor (Combat!) (died 2023) | |
| November 27 | British comedy scriptwriter (died 2017) | |
| November 28 | U.S. producer | |
| November 30 | U.S. TV host (American Bandstand) (died 2012) | |
| November 30 | U.S. producer (Sesame Street) | |
| December 31 | Dutch television presenter (died 2018) | |
| British magician and television personality (died 1978) |