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Safety Razor Day marks the anniversary of the invention of the safety razor on November 15, 1904, created by King C. Gillette and Willian Nickerson.
King, a traveling salesman by trade, developed the idea of a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade out of necessity. Assured his idea was great, he consulted with technical experts everywhere he went. But, like most great ideas, he was rebuffed and turned down repeatedly.
In 1901 he met MIT graduate Willian Nickerson. Nickerson saw the merit in the idea, and together they developed it.
The rest is history.
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