November 21 . United Nations first proclaimed the date in 1996.
Philo Farnsworth
Many people credit Philo Farnsworth with the invention of the TV. He filed a patent for the first completely electronic TV set in 1927 He called it the Image Dissector.
Another inventor, Vladimir Zworykin, built an improved system two years later.
The first "television" system broadcast was a straight-line by Philo Farnsworth on September 7th, 1927.
The press was presented with this scientific breakthrough on January 13, 1928 and it even headlined a few major nationwide papers.
