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  2. John Logie Baird - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 September 2024. Scottish inventor, known for first demonstrating television John Logie Baird FRSE Baird in 1917 Born (1888-08-13) 13 August 1888 Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Died 14 June 1946 (1946-06-14) (aged 57) Bexhill, Sussex, England Resting place Baird family grave in Helensburgh ...

  3. Stooky Bill - Wikipedia

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    Stooky Bill. Baird in 1925 with his televisor scanner and dummies "James" and "Stooky Bill" (right). The banks of bright lights were needed to produce a bright enough image at the receiver. Modern replica of Stooky Bill. Stooky Bill was the name given to the head of a ventriloquist 's dummy that Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird used ...

  4. Phonovision - Wikipedia

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    Phonovision was a patented concept to create pre-recorded mechanically scanned television recordings on gramophone records. [1] Attempts at developing Phonovision were undertaken in the late 1920s in London by its inventor, Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird. [1] The objective was not simply to record video, but to record it ...

  5. Doctor Who Recap: Anniversary Special No. 3 Pulls ... - AOL

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    An assistant to the real-life inventor John Logie Baird purchases a ventriloquist’s dummy named Stooky Bill from the off-putting clerk (very clearl.

  6. History of television - Wikipedia

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    Stereoscopic 3D television was demonstrated for the first time on August 10, 1928, by John Logie Baird in his company's premises at 133 Long Acre, London. [148] Baird pioneered a variety of 3D television systems using electro-mechanical and cathode-ray tube techniques. The first 3D TV was produced in 1935.

  7. California serial killer on death row confessed to 1986 cold ...

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    August 13, 2024 at 9:33 PM. Following a happenstance case break, detectives in Southern California found the person responsible for an unsolved 1986 homicide of a 19-year-old woman – a serial ...

  8. List of death row inmates in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Jorge Avila-Torrez. Murdered 20-year-old Navy Petty Officer Amanda Jean Snell in Virginia. 10 years, 114 days. Northern Neck Regional Jail. 16054-084. Avila-Torrez was later linked to the rapes and murders of eight-year-old Laura Hobbs and nine-year-old Krystal Tobias in his hometown of Zion, Illinois.

  9. 1925 in television - Wikipedia

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    Event. March. 25. John Logie Baird performed the first public demonstration of his "televisor" at the Selfridges department store on London's Oxford Street. The demonstrations of moving silhouette images continued through April. The system consisted of 30 lines and 12.5 pictures per second. [1] June. 13.