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                                                                                                 AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982.
25 years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman was the first to use the "serie of characters" :-) (a colon, a hyphen and a parenthesis) to sign humorous parts in his mail. So, the electronic smiley started its world wide tour then.
Happy birthday! <@:-D