Radio year 1937
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Other events
1937: The live report on the Hindenburg catastrophe becomes one of the most famous events in radio history
General
- March 21st - The German encyclical With Burning Concern by Pope Pius XI. will be published. She takes a critical look at the situation that arose for the Catholic Church in Germany as a result of the National Socialist takeover.
- April 26th - The Basque city of Gernika is bombed by a German air wing of the Condor Legion .
- May 27 - The Golden Gate Bridge is opened in San Francisco .
- July 7th - The incident at the Marco Polo Bridge sets off the Second Sino-Japanese War . The Imperial Japanese Army subsequently advanced from Manchuria further and further into the south of China.
Radio
- The “Radio-Genossenschaft Basel” (today “ SRG Region Basel”) establishes the Radio Basel Foundation to promote the cultural development of radio programs .
- January 18 - The soap opera Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories premieres on CBS . The 15-minute series is in the program until 1956.
- May 6th - The disaster of the Hindenburg landing in Lakehurst , New Jersey can be followed live on the radio through the famous report by Herbert Morrison .
- October 1st - Radio Sweden broadcasts the news program Dagens eko (German: "Echo of the day") for the first time.
- November 10th - The President of Brazil , Getúlio Dornelles Vargas , declares a state of emergency on the radio due to an allegedly imminent communist coup and rules - initially limited to 90 days - authoritarian.
watch TV
- January 21 - In London, Marcel Boulestin becomes the first TV chef to appear in front of the camera on Cook's night out in the BBC studio .
- Feb. 6 - The BBC is that of John Logie Baird developed television system in favor of the 405-line standard of Marconi on.
- March 9th - The first experimental television broadcasts take place in the Soviet Union .
- May 12 - For reporting on the coronation ceremonies for King George VI. the BBC uses an OB van for the first time . This important event from the early history of television was received for posterity by means of an amateur recording filmed from the screen by an 8 mm camera .
- May 14th - The BBC shows a performance of What You Want . It is possibly the first performance of a play by William Shakespeare on television.
- June 21 - The Wimbledon Championships are televised for the first time .
- July 10 - A 455-line television system is introduced at the World Exhibition in Paris .
Born
- January 3 - Glen A. Larson , American television producer ( A Sheriff in New York , 1970–1977, Magnum , 1981–1988) was born in Los Angeles († 2014).
- March 3 - Rolf Bohnsack , German actor, was born in Husum († 2009). He will be best known for the numerous television broadcasts from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater .
- March 22nd - Peter Vogel , German actor (first actor of the character of Major Adolf Kottan determined in Kottan ) is born in Munich († 1978).
- April 8th - Michael Leckebusch , German television producer ( Beat Club ) was born in Leipzig († 2000).
- June 15 - Herbert Feuerstein , Austrian cabaret artist and presenter ( Schmidtanders ) is born in Zell am See .
- July 12 - Bill Cosby , American actor and entertainer, is born in Philadelphia .
- July 27 - Don Galloway , American actor and serial actor ( General Hospital ; The Boss ) is born in Brooksville, Kentucky († 2009).
- August 18 - Willie Rushton , British cartoonist and radio comedian ( I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ) is born in Chelsea (London) († 1996).
- August 25th - Wolfgang Korruhn , German TV journalist and presenter ( WDR -Politmagazin ZAK ) was born in Halle (Saale) († 2003).
- September 8th - Helga Hahnemann , German actress, entertainer (numerous appearances in the DFF - entertainment program Ein Kessel Buntes ) and Berliner Original was born in Berlin († 1990).
- December 17th - Kerry Packer , Australian media entrepreneur, was born in Sydney († 2005).
- December 29th - Dieter Thomas Heck , German presenter ( ZDF hit parade , 1969–1984) was born in Flensburg.
Died
- May 2nd - Konrad Gebhardt , German actor and radio play speaker, dies in Hamburg at the age of 55 .
- July 20 - Guglielmo Marconi , Italian physicist, radio pioneer and entrepreneur dies in Rome at the age of 63 .
See also
Web links
- Gijsbert Hinnen: International radio and television chronicle. In: rfcb.ch. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016 ; Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
- TV programs from yesterday and the day before yesterday