Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television (1888–1946). John Logie Baird was born on 13 August 1888 in what is now the United Kingdom. John Logie Baird is remembered as a physicist, entrepreneur and writer, a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Before and after
- 1888Rise of Les Nabis
- 9 January 1888Founding of Financial Times
- 13 May 1888Brazil abolishes slavery with the Golden Law
- 13 June 1888Birth of Fernando Pessoa
- 13 August 1888Birth of John Logie Baird
- 16 August 1888Birth of T. E. Lawrence
- 5 September 1888Birth of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 26 September 1888Birth of T. S. Eliot
- 7 November 1888Birth of Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
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