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TOY WAS INTRODUCED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

A dog grabs a Frisbee at the beach of La Grande Plage in Biarritz, southwestern France, on Oct. 18, 2022.

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Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the
Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee. 

"The Frisbee started off as nothing more than a container that
carried pies," reported University of Southern California online engineering publication Illumin Magazine, which analyzed the
physics and
history of the toy.

"However, through the ingenuity of some college students, the inventiveness of Fred Morrison, and the marketing savvy of the
Wham-O Manufacturing Company, it eventually became an
immensely popular and internationally recognized toy."
(FOXNEWS)

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Walter Frederick Morrison
(January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010)

FIRST FRISBEES PRODUCED ON THIS DAY IN 1957 | PDX RETRO

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JAR COMPANY STARTED IN PORTLAND

Kerr

Kerr Group, Inc. (1992-1996) Businessman and entrepreneur
Alexander Hewitt Kerr (below) organized this company in
Portland, Oregon in 1903 under the name Hermetic Fruit Jar
Company. The official name was changed in 1904 to Kerr
Glass Manufacturing Company.

Kerr offered the ‘Economy’ brand of mason jar produced for
them by the Illinois-Pacific Glass Co.

The company, with offices in Portland, Oregon, was called the
Hermetic Fruit Jar Company. Kerr Glass owned and operated
seven glass plants in various locations throughout the United
States by 1975. Its products were sold nationally by employees
of the company from its twenty-seven sales offices.

The True Story of Alexander H. Kerr... - Godly Men Quotes | Facebook
(September 4, 1862 – February 9, 1925)

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MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

President Franklin Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
President Franklin Roosevelt (left) and Basil O’Connor
count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the
President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
(March of Dimes)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later
renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938.


William Clark Gable
(February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Polio was eventually cured because he founded the March of Dimes! - Picture of Little White ...

A Brief History of the Fight Against Polio | Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham

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NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH JOHNNY CARSON

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A GOODY THAT WAS GOOD FOR YOU IN 1913

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Wrigley’s Spearmint is a brand of
Wrigley’s chewing gum. It
was launched in 1893.

Gum was originally marketed by being given away free with
the purchase of baking soda. It became so popular that it
was then eventually sold separately as a desired commodity.

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