Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma

1899 - Born in Russia; birth of the father of television 

1919 - He came to the United States and was employed at Westinghouse in 1920 

1923 - He patented the iconoscope, the first television transmission tube 

1925 - He filed a patent for a color picture tube 

1929 - Zworykin became director of the RCA electronics research laboratory and remained with the company until his retirement in 1954 

          - His accomplishments include the invention of a system to convert infrared or ultraviolet into visible light and a bomb guided by television, as well as work in the development of the electron microscope and the computer. 

          - During World War II he was a scientific advisor to the U.S. government

1982- Died on July 29