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1998 Johnny Roventini, pitchman, Phillip Morris radio and TV ads, dies at 88

1997 RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads

1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993

1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers

1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows

1984 Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies

1982 FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads

1965 Cigarette Ads banned on British TV

1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads

1921 Nancy Walker, Philadelphia, Bounty ads/actress, Rhoda, McMillan and Wife

1910 Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby


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