The first ever Televison commercial in history lasted 20 seconds and was for a product mass produced by a company known as Bulova. This corporation also made the first ever watch that went into space. The advert was aired in July 1941 and went out during a game being played by the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.

The well known turning globe that is used by the NBC evening news show spent many years revolving in the incorrect direction. In 1984 this was eventually discovered and on January 2nd this was fixed and now the globe is revolving in the proper manner.