may 26, 1958 - liquid paper
Description:
In the days before the delete key, secretary Bette Nesmith Graham secretly used white tempera paint to cover up her typing errors. She spent years perfecting the formula in her kitchen before patenting Liquid Paper in 1958. Gillette bought her company in 1979 for $47.5 million. And that's no typo.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 26, 1958
Now
~ 67 years ago