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 * 1936 - First female television announcer (Elizabeth Cowell).


 * 1957 - Scottish Television Begins Broadcasting, with "This is Scotland" as its first programme.


 * 1957 - ITA Black Hill (405 VHF) in service, Scottish Television on Channel 10.


 * 1967 - BBC begins use of 'field store' system to convert transatlantic transmissions to UK colour standard.


 * 1968 - BBC2 Waltham in service.


 * 1991 - BBC television starts officially broadcasting in stereo using the NICAM system. (Some transmtters had been broadcasting in stereo since 1986, but these were classified as tests.)


 * 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales dies in a car crash in Paris. Programmes on all major networks are suspended or altered to bring the latest developments.