Scott E. Fahlman (a professor at Carnegie Mellon University) claims he invented the Smiley 25 years ago and is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of the emoticon.
Although some dispute that it was his innovation alone, Fahlman is thought to have used the first emoticon at 11.44am on an electronic bulletin board on this date in 1982. “I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-),� he typed. “Read it sideways.�

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