Editing 1934 in television

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The year '''1934 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1934.
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==Events==
*March 31 - The agreement for joint experimental transmissions by the [[BBC]] and [[John Logie Baird]]'s company ends.
*May 16 - The Seldon Committee is established to investigate the feasibility of a public television service in the [[UK]].
*July 11 - In the U.S., the [[Communications Act of 1934]] stipulates that commercial television stations "operate in the public interest, convenience, and necessity". The [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the act.
*August 25 - On August 25, the inventor [[Philo Farnsworth]] gave the world's first public demonstration of an all-electronic television system, using a live camera, at the [[Franklin Institute]] of [[Philadelphia]]. His demonstrations continued for ten days afterwards. Farnsworth's system included his version of an [[image dissector]]. <ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=yt8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA838 New Television System Uses 'Magnetic Lens'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204171031/https://books.google.com/books?id=yt8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA838 |date=December 4, 2022 }}", ''Popular Mechanics'', Dec. 1934, p. 838–839.</ref><ref name="Burns370">{{harvp|Burns|1998|page=370}}</ref>
*November 5 - First television broadcasts in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]].
*Late 1934 - [[Vladimir K. Zworykin]] increases the number of scanning lines in electronic television from 240 lines at 24 frames per second to [[343-line television system|343 lines]] at 30 frames.

==Births==
*January 8 - [[Roy Kinnear]], English comedy actor (died 1988)
*January 21 - [[Ann Wedgeworth]], actress (''[[Three's Company]]'', ''[[Evening Shade]]'') (died 2017)
*January 22 - [[Bill Bixby]], television actor (''[[My Favorite Martian]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'') (died 1993)
*January 26 - [[Bob Uecker]], sports commentator and actor died (2025)
*February 6 - [[Hugh Cornish]], Australian television media executive and personality (died 2024)
*February 11 - [[Tina Louise]], actress and singer (''[[Gilligan's Island]]'')
*February 12 - [[Bill Russell]], [[NBA]] basketball player (died 2022)
*February 13 - [[George Segal]], actor (''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'', ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'') (died 2021)
*February 14 - [[Florence Henderson]], actress (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'') (died 2016)
*February 21 - [[Rue McClanahan]], actress (''[[The Golden Girls]]'') (died 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rue McClanahan: Man-mad Blanche Devereaux in 'The Golden Girls' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rue-mcclanahan-man-mad-blanche-devereaux-in-the-golden-girls-1994021.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rue-mcclanahan-man-mad-blanche-devereaux-in-the-golden-girls-1994021.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=15 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*February 27 - [[Van Williams]], actor (''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'', ''[[Surfside 6]]'', ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]'') (died 2016)
*March 1 - [[Joan Hackett]], actress (died 1983)
*March 5 - [[James B. Sikking]], actor (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'') (died 2024)
*March 9 - [[Joyce Van Patten]], actress
*March 26 - [[Alan Arkin]], actor (died 2023)
*March 31
**[[Richard Chamberlain]], actor (''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'') (died 2025)
**[[Shirley Jones]], singer and actress (''[[The Partridge Family]]'')
*April 1 - [[Don Hastings]], actor (''[[As the World Turns]]'')
*April 5 - [[Frank Glieber]], sportscaster (died 1985)
*April 18 - [[James Drury]], actor (''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'') (died 2020)
*April 24 - [[Shirley MacLaine]], actress and author
*May 10 - [[Gary Owens]], American actor and radio broadcaster (announcer for ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'', voice of [[Space Ghost]]) (died 2015)
*May 18 - [[Dwayne Hickman]], actor (''[[The Bob Cummings Show]]'', ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'') (died 2022)
*May 19 - [[Jim Lehrer]], presidential debate moderator and host of the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' (died 2020)
*June 4 - [[Bill Moyers]], journalist
*July 1 - [[Jamie Farr]], American actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
*July 10 - [[Jerry Nelson]], American actor and puppeteer (''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''[[The Muppet Show]]'') (died 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerry Nelson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9502179/Jerry-Nelson.html |website=Telegraph |access-date=15 September 2018 |date=27 August 2012}}</ref>
*July 22 - [[Louise Fletcher]], actress (died 2022)
*July 31 - [[Stan Daniels]], producer (died 2007)
*August 5 - [[Gay Byrne]], broadcaster, host of ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' (died 2019)
*August 7
**[[Steve Ihnat]], actor (died 1972)
**[[Richard Levinson]], producer (died 1987)
*August 9 - [[Cynthia Harris]], actress (''[[Mad About You]]'') (died 2021)
*September 2 - [[Chuck McCann]], actor and television host (died 2018)
*September 19 - [[Jay Randolph]], sportscaster
*September 20 - [[Sophia Loren]], actress
*September 27 - [[Wilford Brimley]], American actor and commercial spokesperson (died 2020)
*October 17 - [[Kathleen Watkins]], broadcaster
*October 18 - [[Chuck Swindoll]], pastor
*November 13 - [[Garry Marshall]], actor and director (''[[Happy Days]]'') (died 2016)
*December 9 - [[Judi Dench]], English actress (''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'')
*December 28 - [[Maggie Smith]], English actress (''[[Downton Abbey]]'') (died 2024)

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Burns |first=R. W. |title=Television: An International History of the Formative Years |url={{GBurl|id=gZcwhVyiMqsC}} |date=1998 |series=IEE History of Technology Series |volume=22 |location=London |publisher=[[Institution of Electrical Engineers]] |isbn=0-85296-914-7}}

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