1477 First handbill advertisement in England 1622 First English newspaper advertisement		1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock. 1690 Publick Occurrences published in Boston
1704 First newspaper advertisement in America Late 1700s Commercial notices grow as proportion of newspapers		1741 First magazine in America is published 1776 Revolutionary War
1830s Penny press gets heavy advertising support		1830s The penny press becomes first truly mass medium
1869 Rowell & Ayers publish newspaper directories for advertising		1861-1865 American Civil War
Late 1800s Printing technology allows visually appealing ads Late 1800s Magazines provide vehicle for mass national advertising Late 1800s Advertising agencies grow in importance		1892 Thomas Edison develops the Kinetoscope
1906 First Pure Food and Drug Act passed 1914 Federal Trade Commission created		1915 The Birth of a Nation marks start of modern movie industry 1914-1918 World War I
1922 First radio advertisement		1920 KDKA in Pittsburgh gets first commercial radio license.
1930s Radio advertising booms as audience grows		1930s The Great Depression 1939 TV is demonstrated at New York World's Fair
		1939-1945 World War II 1949 First commercial electronic computer is produced
1950s TV replaces radio as national ad medium
1971 Cigarette advertising banned from TV
1970 More than 300 universities offer PR courses		1971 Report to the Surgeon General on impact of TV violence
1980s Cable grows as segmented ad medium 1985 Consumer spending on media exceeds advertising expenditures		1980s CD-ROM invented 1981 IBM manufactures its first PC