In the early 1880s, Dr. Charles Browne Fleet a physician and pharmacist from
Lynchburg, Virginia, invented ChapStick as a lip balm. The handmade product, 
which resembled a wickless candle wrapped in tin foil, was sold locally, and did 
not have much success.

In 1912, John Morton, also a Lynchburg resident, bought the rights to the
product for five dollars. Mrs. Morton melted the pink ChapStick mixture in
their home kitchen, cooled it, and cut it into sticks. Their lucrative sales were 
used to found the Morton Manufacturing Corporation.

In the early 1930s, Frank Wright, Jr., a local commercial artist was paid a
flat fee of $15 to design the ChapStick logo that is still in use today.

                                   
                                      Dr. Charles B. Fleet                   

Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger) and Jay Silverheels (Tonto) for Christmas
Seals

Christmas Seals went on sale for the first time, in the Wilmington, DE, post 
office.

       Emily Perkins Bissell (May 31, 1861–1948)

Bissell was an American social worker and activist, best 
remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the U.S. 

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is 65 today

He was abused by teachers while growing up for having dyslexia and other
learning disabilities. Ozzy was once employed in a slaughterhouse and had
been a plumber. 

        
       Ed Donahue