Credit for the invention of Silly Putty is disputed. It has been attributed to Earl
Warrick, of the then newly formed Dow Corning in 1943 and also Harvey Chin;
and James Wright, a Scottish inventor working for General Electric in New
Haven,  Connecticut.Throughout his life, Warrick insisted that he and his
colleague, Rob Roy McGregor, received the patent for Silly Putty before
Wright did; but Crayola’s history of Silly Putty states that Wright invented
it first.

In 1961 Silly Putty went worldwide, becoming a hit in the Soviet Union and
Europe. In 1968 it was taken into lunar orbit by the Apollo 8 astronauts.

Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001.

In 1942, the Treasury Department approved the use of a payroll deduction plan 
for the purchase of War Bonds. This later became known as the Payroll Savings Plan, and is still available electronically today.

Rear view of the Fender amplifier showing the  Jensen 15” speaker

The 1951 Fender “Pro – Amp” regularly used by Buddy Holly in 1958 can be seen in
the museum at the Norman Petty Studios in Clovis, NM.

1958

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From left: Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, and Tommy Allsup

It was on this day in 1959 that Buddy Holly kicked off the twenty-four date Winter
Dance Party at the Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee, backed by Tommy Allsup
on lead guitar, Waylon Jennings on bass and Carl Bunch on drums.

“At the Hop" became one of the top-selling singles of 1958. It also
hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers list.