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*August 1 – [[Austria]]n [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF Television]], predecessor of [[ORF eins]], an officially regular broadcasting service, starts in [[Vienna]].<ref>[[ORF (broadcaster)]] Retrieved January 13, 2017.</ref>
*September 22 – [[Commercial television]] starts in the [[United Kingdom]] with the [[Independent Television Authority]]'s first [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise beginning broadcasting in [[London]] – [[Associated-Rediffusion]] on weekdays, [[Associated Television|ATV]] during weekends, ending the previous [[BBC]] monopoly. The rest of the UK receives its regional ITV franchises during the next seven years. The first advertisement shown is for Gibbs SR toothpaste.
*September 28 – [[World Series]] baseball is broadcast in color for the first time in the U.S. [[WITN-TV]] in [[Washington, North Carolina]], signs on the air with game 1 of the [[1955 World Series]] as their first telecast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.witn.com/station/misc/27442154.html|title=WITN History: A Look At How We Began In 1955|date=Jul 2, 2015|website=web.archive.org|accessdate=Oct 13, 2022|archive-date=July 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702034347/http://www.witn.com/station/misc/27442154.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
*December 10 – The first Saturday morning cartoon series debuts on U.S. television, ''[[Mighty Mouse|The Mighty Mouse Playhouse]]'' on [[CBS]].
*December 24 – The [[Lennon Sisters]] make their television debut on ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the U.S.
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*''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (1954-1960)
*''[[General Motors Theatre]]'' (Can) (1953–1956, 1958–1961)
*''[[Fury (American TV series)|Fury]]'' (1955-1960)
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
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*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show, Fireside Theatre]]'' (1949-1958)
*''The Jimmy Durante Show'' (1954–1956)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
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| [[Brendan Gleeson]]
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| [[Akira Toriyama]]
| Manga artist (''[[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'') (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colbert |first=Isaiah |date=2024-03-08 |title=Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball and Manga Pioneer, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/akira-toriyama-creator-of-dragon-ball-and-manga-pioneer-dies-at-68 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
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*[[John Wayne]] – ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
*[[Johnny Weissmuller]] – ''[[Jungle Jim (TV series)|Jungle Jim]]''
*[[Jane Wyman]] – ''[[General Electric Theater]]''
 
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