This year marks the 50th birthdays of two ubiquitous items: the aluminum beer can and Barbie dolls.
Back in January, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the aluminum beer can. To mark it, the ASM International, a professional society of metallurgists, named the building in Golden, Colorado, where it was created for Coors, a historic monument. They said the recyclable aluminum cans vast improved the taste of the beer from the steel can version with the lead solder. Probably healthier for you as well?
Then, this week, it's a bug happy fiftieth to Barbie. Ruth Handley who receives credit for her, saw that her daughter often played with paper dolls and had them in adult roles. Up until then, most dolls were of infants. She approached her husband Elliot with the idea. He had co founded Mattel Toy Company and he wasn't interested. But, Ruth went to Germany and saw the popularity of a doll there called Bild Lilli which became the basis of Barbie.
And the Rest, As They Say, is History. --Cooter
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