April 22 - CBS color television program is successfully transmitted over a 450-mile coaxial cable link from New York to Washington.
June 7 - The BBC begins broadcasting again, and reshows the Mickey MouseMickey Mouse is a fictional character, a comic animal cartoon character who is perhaps Walt Disney Pictures' most famous creation. Fancifully estimated as standing 2 ft 3 in (69 cm) and weighing 23 pounds (10 kg), the mouse rapidly rose to the pinnacle of cartoon, that had been the last programme transmitted seven years earlierSee also 1938 in television, other events of 1939, 1940 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events April television demonstrations are held at the World's Fair in New York City and the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco at the start of the World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough. It is preceded by the announcement: "As we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted..."
June 19June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. Events 1306 Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven 1846 First baseball game under recognizable modern - The first televised heavyweight boxingBoxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer see Boxer (disambiguation). In computer science, boxing is a way to wrap primitive types over object types. See object type. Boxing is a combat sport. Fighting with the fists for sport and spectacle is pro title fight between Joe LouisJoseph Louis Barrow ( May 13, 1914 April 12, 1981), better known in the boxing world as Joe Louis and nicknamed The Brown Bomber was a native of Lexington, Alabama who became World Heavyweight Champion. The son of a cotton picker and a homemaker, Louis be and Billy ConnWilliam David Conn ( October 8, 1917- May 29, 1993), better known in the boxing world as Billy Conn was a boxer who was world's Light-Heavyweight champion. Conn debuted as a professional boxer on June 28, 1934, losing to Dick Woodard by a decision in four is broadcast from Yankee StadiumYankee Stadium The House that Ruth Built Location Bronx, New York Opened April 18, 1923 Re-opened April 15, 1976 Capacity 58,000 ( 1923), 62,000 ( 1926),82,000 ( 1927),67,113 ( 1928),62,000 ( 1929), 71,699 ( 1937),70,000 ( 1942), 67,000 ( 1948),67,205 ( 1. The fight was seen by 141,000 people, the largest television audience to see a fight.
July 7 - First BBC TV programming for children is broadcast, titled "For The Children".
December 24 - The first church service is telecast, Grace Episcopal Church in New York, on WABD.
Tokyo Tushin Kogyo founded, which would later become Sony.
Zoomar introduces the first professional zoom lens.
In the United States, only the DuMont Network and NBC were broadcasting in the evening in 1946. DuMont ran a Western movie on Sunday night for an hour, other programming for an hour on Tuesday, and half hours on Wednesday and Thursday nights. NBC ran an hour of programming on Sunday, two hours on Thursday, and the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports on Monday and Friday nights, with an additional hour on Fridays.
