| DATE | YEAR | COUNTRY | EVENT |
| 1 | 1971 | UK | The radio-only licence was abolished, with the cost of a combined licence rising to £6 10s. |
| 1979 | UK | "Feedback" began on BBC Radio 4. | |
| 1986 | UK | All BBC commercial activities were brought together in a single organisation, BBC Enterprises Ltd. | |
| 2 | 1938 | UK | The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was televised for the first time. |
| 3 | 1949 | Asia | The BBC Urdu radio service began. |
| 1959 | UK | "Pick Of The Week" began on the BBC Home Service. | |
| 1970 | UK | The ITA 405-line transmitter at Brecon opened, carrying HTV on channel 8. | |
| 1978 | UK | Regular radio broadcasts from Parliament began. | |
| 4 | 1924 | UK | BBC Radio programmes for schools began. |
| 1970 | UK | The BBC radio services were reorganised to introduce more generic broadcasting. The BBC2 transmitter at Limavady and the BBC1 625-line transmitter at Wenvoe entered service. | |
| 5 | 1965 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Larne entered service on channel 3. |
| 1966 | UK | "The Money Programme" was broadcast for the first time on BBC2. | |
| 6 | 1970 | UK | Two new programmes, "The World Tonight" and "PM" began on BBC Radio 4. |
| 8 | 1963 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Kinlochleven opened on channel 1. |
| 11 | 1940 | Holland | The BBC Dutch radio service began. |
| 1966 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Penifiler entered service on channel 1. | |
| 1971 | UK | The Blue Peter Royal Safari, with HRH Princess Anne, began on BBC1. | |
| 14 | 1961 | UK | BBC television transmitted its first live broadcast from Russia. |
| 15 | 1964 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Bressay opened on channel 3. |
| 1991 | Worldwide | The BBC World Television Service began. | |
| 16 | 1941 | UK | All premises on the eastern half of Broadcasting House island were destroyed by bombs. |
| 18 | 1939 | Middle East | BBC English by Radio began on the Arabic service. |
| 20 | 1938 | UK | The FA Cup final was televised for the first time. |
| 1964 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Winter Hill (the ITA site) opened on channel 12, and two new television test cards were introduced. On the renamed BBC1, test card D made its first appearance, and on BBC2, due to launch that evening, test card E made its first appearance. The two cards were very similar in design. Unfortunately, a power failure at Battersea Power Station plunged Television Centre into darkness, just as BBC2 was opening. | |
| 21 | 1958 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Swingate entered service on channel 2. |
| 1964 | UK | The BBC launched a 625-line version of test card C, to replace test card E which had attracted objections from receiver salesmen. At 1100, "Play School" was the first programme actually broadcast on BBC2, which was officially launched at 1920 with the blowing-out of a candle. | |
| 22 | 1968 | UK | The ITA transmitter at Huntshaw Cross opened, carrying Westward Television on channel 11. |
| 23 | 1924 | UK | King George V made his first broadcast. |
| 1950 | UK | "Children's Newsreel" began on BBC television. | |
| 1964 | UK | BBC1 broadcast the test film "The Home Made Car" for the first time. | |
| 1969 | UK | The ITA 405-line transmitter at Abergavenny entered service, carrying Harlech Television on channel 11. | |
| 24 | 1964 | UK | "Westminster At Work" began on BBC2. |
| 26 | 1964 | UK | BBC2's "News Review For The Deaf", later retitled "News Review", was broadcast for the first time. |
| 1965 | UK | The BBC 405-line transmitter at Melvaig entered service on channel 4. | |
| 29 | 1929 | UK | BBC Broadcasting House, Manchester, opened. |
| 1961 | UK | ITV began in the South-West of England, as Westward Television went on the air from the Stockland Hill (channel 9) and Caradon Hill (channel 12) transmitters. | |
| 1971 | UK | BBC Radio Derby, serving much of Derbyshire and the eastern part of Staffordshire, began broadcasting. | |
| 30 | 1965 | UK | The ITA transmitter at Membury opened, carrying ATV and ABC on channel 12. |