Harvey Ross Ball by: Paige Thurmond

  • Harvey Ross Ball was born

    Harvey was born in Worchester,Massachusetts
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    harveys life

  • invention of the smiley face

    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

    additions to the smiley face
    in 1970 bernard and murry spain added the fraise "have a nice day"
  • smiley face goes viral

    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

    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

    ball familey death
    in Worshester,Massachusetts Harvey Ross Ball died at the age of 72 years old