🎂 TV pioneer John Logie Baird is born (1888)
Where: Helensburgh, Scotland
📅 On This Day: August 13
August 13, 1888: TV pioneer John Logie Baird is born. On 13 August 1888, John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He built his television machine from things like a disc cut from a hat box and an old tea chest. In January 1926 he showed people moving faces on a screen for the first time.
✨ More events on this day
- 1814 🔬 Physicist Anders Jonas Ångström was born in 1814; he studied the colours of light from the Sun, and a tiny unit of length, the ångström, is named after him.
- 1898 🚀 Astronomer Carl Gustav Witt discovered the asteroid 433 Eros in 1898, the first asteroid ever found that comes close to Earth's orbit.
- 1913 💡 Harry Brearley first produced stainless steel in Britain in 1913, a shiny metal that doesn't rust, now used for spoons, sinks and saucepans.
🧠 Question of the day
What did Baird cut his disc from?
- A gold coin
- A hat box
- A pizza
Show the answer
Answer: A hat box
🎂 Landmarks that opened on August 13
Questions
What happened on August 13?
August 13, 1888: TV pioneer John Logie Baird is born. It happened in Helensburgh, Scotland.
Which landmarks opened on August 13?
Harbour Centre (opened 1977).
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