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1958 Jun 19 |
Entrepreneurs Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin sought a trademark for a plastic cylinder based on a similar toy in Australia. Wham-O began selling the Hula Hoop following a demonstration of a rattan hoop imported from Australia. After one year teenagers in the US purchased some 100 million hoops at a suggested retail price of $1.98. Links: Australia, USA, Toys, Fad 
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1959 Mar |
In California 22 college kids of St. Mary’s in Moraga stuffed themselves into a telephone booth. Their effort was captured by a Life Magazine photographer. A South African team had set the world record of 25 1958. In 2009 St. Mary’s students attempted to break the campus record, but failed when a plexiglas wall popped. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Fad
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1961 Nov 1 |
A prohibition on tattooing went into effect in NYC because of its role in the spread of hepatitis. Links: USA, NYC, Medical, Fad
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1971 |
Franklin Louffrani, French journalist, registered the mark for the yellow "smiley face," which he began using in 1968 to show good news after the student riots. The very earliest known examples of the graphic are attributed to Harvey Ball, a commercial artist in Worcester, Massachusetts. He devised the face in 1963 for an insurance firm that wanted an internal campaign to improve employee morale. In 2006 the Web site http://www.mysmiley.net/ came online to provide a broad range of free smileys. Links: USA, France, Fad, Advertising
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1973 Aug 26 |
The Univ. of Texas at Arlington became the 1st accredited school to offer belly dancing. Links: USA, Texas, Dance, Fad
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1975 |
Gary Dahl, a California advertising man, dreamed up the pet rock fad. Links: USA, California, Fad, Advertising
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1987 Aug 16 |
Thousands of people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the "harmonic convergence," which heralded what believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind. Nearly 5,000 people gathered at Mount Shasta, Ca., for the Harmonic Convergence aimed at bringing about world peace. Links: USA, California, Fad
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1988 Oct 25 |
ABC News reported on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets. Links: USA, Animal, Journalism, Fad
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1989 May 12 |
The MTA declared victory over graffiti. The last graffiti covered NYC subway car was retired. Links: USA, NYC, Language, Fad
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1992 |
The south Texas town of Hidalgo erected a 20-foot statue of a bee and dubbed itself the Killer Bee Capital of the World. Tourists came to see it. Links: USA, Texas, Insects, Fad
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1996 |
The Penndel Co. of Tokyo introduced its Milky Gel Roller. The gelly pen became a huge fad among kids by 1999 for its ability to write on skin and be easily rubbed off. Links: Japan, Fad
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1997 Feb |
Tattooing was re-legalized in NYC after a 36-year ban caused by fears of hepatitis. Links: USA, NYC, Fashion, Fad
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1997 Apr |
In Hong Kong shops sold out of the Tamagochi cyber pet in ten minutes on the first day of sale. Links: Hong Kong, Animal, Fad
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2006 May 10 |
Oklahoma became the last state to make tattoos legal when the governor Brad Henry signed legislation to license and regulate tattoo artists and parlors. Links: USA, Oklahoma, Fad
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2006 Jul |
In Japan fans of pachinko slot machines queued up to play the latest Hokuto-no-ken (North-star Fist) game. It was estimated that Japanese spent $260 billion playing pachinko and pachislot slot machines. Parlors gave non-cash prizes, but shops nearby allowed winners to trade their prizes for cash. Links: Japan, Computer, Fad
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2007 Mar 7 |
In France a new law took effect that makes it a crime for anyone, who is not a professional journalist, to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet. Critics call it a clumsy effort by authorities to battle "happy slapping," the youth fad of filming violent acts, which most often they have provoked, and spreading the images on the Web or between mobile phones. Links: France, Internet, Fad
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2008 Apr 11 |
It was reported that clubbers across Europe were doing a dance called “tecktonik,” a mix of rave and breakdancing. Links: EU, Dance, Fad
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2011 Mar 9 |
The 5-day SXSW Interactive festival opened in Austin, Texas. Attendees awarded GroupMe the festival’s Breakout digital Trend award. Links: USA, Technology, Texas, Fad
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2011 Jun 18 |
In Portland, Oregon, thousands of naked bicyclists gathered near the city's waterfront for a clothing-free night ride. Since the World Naked Bike Ride started in 2004, only four other cities -- San Francisco, Seattle, and Boulder and Black Rock City in Colorado -- have celebrated it every year. Links: Bicycle, Oregon, Fad
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2013 Mar |
The Nielsen Co. started labeling people who have stopped using traditional TV service in their homes as "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. These people were watching shows and movies on the Internet. There were now 5 million of these residences in the US, up from 2 million in 2007. Links: USA, TV, Internet, Fad
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2014 |
Euny Hong authored “the Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World through Pop Culture.” Links: South Korea, Books, Fad
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2015 Mar 23 |
Gary Ross Dahl (b.1936), creator of the 1975 pet rock fad, died at his home in southern Oregon. Links: USA, Oregon, Fad
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2021 Apr 10 |
China's corruption watchdog called on online video-sharing platforms to take action against "mukbang" shows, in which people livestream themselves eating - or drinking - excessively, saying such content encourages food waste. Mukbang videos originated in South Korea and have become increasingly popular in China. Links: China, Fad, Social Media
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