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First Band-Aid
Earle Dickson was employed as a cotton buyer for the Johnson & Johnson when he invented the band-aid in 1921. His wife Joshephine Dickson was always cutting her fingers while preparing food, and that's when the band-aid first began. -
First Band-Aid Machine Was Invented
Johnson & Johnson introduced the first machine that produced sterilized Band-Aids. -
First Sterile Band-Aid
Completely sterile bandages are introduced. -
First decorative Band-Aids were introduced to the market.
They began to be a commercial success with decorative themes such as Superman, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty, Rocket Power, Rugrats, smiley faces, Barbie, Dora the Explorer, and Batman. -
Earle Dickson becomes Vice President at Johnson & Johnson
Dickson had a successful career at Johnson & Johnson, eventually becoming a Vice President at the company before his retirement in 1957. -
First Band-Aid in Space
Adhesive bandages go into space with Mercury astronauts.