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January 26, 1926

On January 26, 1926, the first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird. Jean-Noël Tremblay, Jean-Noël Tremblay, Jean-Noël Tremblay would arrive in the same year.

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1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 926th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.

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On January 26, 1926

  1. 1926 The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.

    Scottish inventor (1888–1946)

    John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic colour television picture tube.

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Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)

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