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Harvey Ross Ball was born
Harvey was born in Worchester,Massachusetts -
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harveys life
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invention of the smiley face
it took Harvey ten minutes to invent the smiley face for one of his clients( an insurence company) -
additions to the smiley face
in 1970 bernard and murry spain added the fraise "have a nice day" -
smiley face goes viral
in 1971 more than 50 million smiley face buttons were made and sold -
world war II
in 1973 harvey was a world war II genral and served 27 years in the army -
history surprise
in 1960 the History Channel was planning to do a segmant on Harvey and the Smiley Face -
postal smiley
in 1999 the us postal service unveiled the smiley face stamp -
a special day
the first World Smiley day on October 1,1999 was held in Worchester,Massachusetts -
ball familey death
in Worshester,Massachusetts Harvey Ross Ball died at the age of 72 years old
