1974 | Everyday Life
Everyday Life
Romanian-born English bridge expert Rixi Markus (originally Erika Scharfstein), 64, becomes the first woman grandmaster.
"Streaking" becomes a popular U.S. fad as male and female college students dash naked between dormitories.
Fashion designer Anne Klein dies at New York March 19 at age 51 (see 1968). She entered the international market last year by forming a partnership with the Japanese firm Takihyo Co. Her protégée Donna Karan (née Faske), 26, has worked for Klein since 1967 and steps in, working with her co-designer Louis dell'Olio to keep the Anne Klein name alive (see 1984); couturier Edward Molyneux dies at Monte Carlo March 23 at age 82.
Post-It notes have their beginnings as 3M chemical engineer Arthur Fry, 43, notes that slips of paper on which he has written reminders fall out of his Presbyterian Church hymnal at choir practice. He recalls that his colleague Spencer Silver has accidentally developed a weak adhesive which is strong enough to hold papers together but unresistant to their being pulled apart. Silver has not known what to do with the adhesive, but Fry applies it to one edge of a small piece of paper, sends it to his boss, and suggests that it might at least be used for bookmarks. A variety of uses will soon suggest themselves, and 3M will eventually market Post-It notes in 27 sizes, 18 colors, and 56 shapes.