1928

First Cross-Atlantic Transmission

1928 | February 8 – John Logie Baird transmitted television across the Atlantic Ocean. From Baird Studios in Long Acre, Crystal Palace, London, Baird sent images of his experimental doll “Stooky Bill” to a relay station in Coulsdon, Croydon, United Kingdom. From there it was sent across the Atlantic via shortwave to New York, New York. Soon after, he transmitted the first image of a man (himself), followed by the first image of a woman, Mrs. Mia Howe. Her face was seen in Hartsdale, New York.

On February 9, 1928 a Mrs. Howe was the first person to be televised from London to New York