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See Londonist's excellent post How Television Was Invented In London. We love it when our friends do the work for us!

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Television

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John Logie Baird and TV demonstration

In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird, 1888 - 1946, first demonstrated telev...

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John Logie Baird - IEEE

From The Register: "On the afternoon of 26 January 2017 – exactly 91 years to...

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John Logie Baird & Television broadcast

From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in G...

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National Physical Laboratory

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