January 25, 1949 –
The first Emmy Awards, which were devoted solely to local Los Angeles programming, were held on this date, at the Hollywood Athletic Club. The name Emmy derives from Immy, a nickname for image orthicon, a camera tube used in television.
The very first Emmy, for Outstanding Personality, went to Shirley Dinsdale, a 20-year-old ventriloquist from UCLA, star of the children’s show Judy Splinters—named after her talking puppet and broadcast on local station KTLA.
The Haus of Dcaligari 