"Did you know? In 1964, the Smiley Face was designed by Harvey Ball, co-owner of an advertising and public relations firm in Worcester, Massachusetts to help ease the acrimonious aftermath following the merger of two insurance companies."
"Two brothers in Philadelphia, Bernard and Murray Spain, who were in the business of making would-be fad items were responsible for the smiley face craze. In September of 1970, they drew up a smiley face and added the words "Have A Nice Day", and copyrighted the image and words. Soon they and their many imitators were cranking out buttons, posters, greeting cards, shirts, bumper stickers, cookie jars, earrings, bracelets, key chains, and many other items. The fad lasted about a year and half; the number of smiley buttons produced by 1972 was estimated at 50 million!"
We're hoping you had "A Nice Day"!! Get your SMILE on!!
IdeaFinder, 2006. The Great Idea Finder. 21, Sept. 2011 http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/smileyface.htm
