On this day: June 29

John Logie Baird Gives First Public Television Demonstration, June 29, 1926

On 29 June 1926 in London, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird delivered the first public demonstration of a working television system, using mechanical scanning to transmit live moving silhouette images between rooms at the Royal Institution.

South Korea’s 1987 presidential vote marks first free election after authoritarian rule

On June 29, 1987, South Korea held its first direct, competitive presidential election after mass pro-democracy protests and constitutional reforms earlier that year, ending a decade of tightly controlled military-backed succession politics.