1 OCTOBER 1999
THE FIRST WORLD SMILE DAY HELD ON LARGE SCALE
NEVER BEFORE HAS A SMILE BEEN AS NEEDED

On 1 October 1999, the United States Postal Service unveiled the commemorative stamp which used SMILEY FACE as a symbol of the Seventies. The representative of the United States Postal Service officially recognized that Harvey Ball was the creator of SMILEY FACE, and thanked him. As a result of this, he has become a well-known American.
Prefectural Governor, Mayor Mariano, Representatives of State Assembly and the United States Postal Service, and many others, such as the President of the local Fleet Bank, attended. At a site in Worcester city, the birthplace of SMILEY FACE, the commemorative stamp was unveiled for the first time in the whole of America. Local schoolchildren attended and sang beautifully.
SMILEY FACE was chosen as a USA commemorative stamp, and introduced as the design and creation of Harvey Ball.
SMILEY FACE is used on commemorative stamps as an American symbol Resolution about World Smile Day Harvey Ball
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