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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

Today is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day! In the late 1950s, an American engineer named Al Fielding and a Swiss inventor named Marc Chavannes created Bubble Wrap. They were actually trying to come up with a textured, plastic wallpaper, but soon realized that their product had huge potential as a packaging material.

Fielding and Chavannes formed the Sealed Air Corporation and introduced Bubble Wrap to the public in January of 1960. Today, Sealed Air is a global Fortune 500 company and produces enough Bubble Wrap to stretch from the Earth to the Moon each year.

Did you know that Sealed Air sponsors an annual Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors? Kids compete to create the most innovative product using Bubble Wrap as the primary material. Past winners include a floating garden, a cell phone cover, a swing for children with movement disorders, and a transformable kite kit.

To celebrate Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, join a social media group for Bubble Wrap fans or enjoy popping an entire roll of Bubble Wrap bubbles!

Today is also National Blueberry Pancake Day & National Kazoo Day

January is Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month

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History for January 28 1788 - The first British penal settlement was founded at Botany Bay. 1878 - "The Yale News" was published for the first time. It was the first daily collegiate newspaper in the U.S. 1909 - The United States ended direct control over Cuba. 1927 - Jean Goldkette and his dancing orchestra recorded "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover." 1956 - Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television on "The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" on CBS. 1985 - "We Are The World" was recorded. More than 40 artists were involved. The proceeds went toward worldwide hunger prevention. ________________________________________________________ "Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength." --A.J. Cronin