This document summarizes the history of advertising from the first handbill advertisement in England in 1477 to the growth of cable television as an advertising medium in the 1980s. Some key events include the first English newspaper advertisement in 1704, the growth of magazines as a national advertising vehicle in the late 1800s, and radio replacing television as the main national advertising medium in the 1950s. The document also provides examples of advertisements from different historical periods and asks the reader to think about how advertisements have evolved and provide examples of modern advertisements and famous advertising slogans.