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The first TV commercial was a 20-second ad for a Bulova clock, broadcasted by WNBT, New York during a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies in July 1941

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The first daily broadcast was started by the BBC in November 1936

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The first public television pictures were transmitted in 1926

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Bulova also was the first watch in space, where more people have been than to the bottom of the ocean

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Bulova paid $9 for that first TV spot in 1941

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The deepest point being the Mariana Trench off Guam in the Pacific Ocean, it is 10.9 km (6.77 miles) below sea level

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The first televised sporting event was a Japanese elementary school baseball game, broadcast in September 1931

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The first TV interview was made with Irish actress Peggy O’Neil in April 1930

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The first regular TV soap was DuMont TV’s A Woman to Remember, which began its run in February 1947

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QR code is a type of matrix barcode first designed for the automotive industry

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