BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages Timeline

1920	BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages make their first appearance on the market. They are made by hand and are not a big hit. They were three inches wide and eighteen inches long. Only $3,000 worth were sold the first year.
1924	The little red string used to open BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages wrappers makes its first appearance.
1938	Completely sterile bandages are introduced.
1942	Millions of adhesive bandages go overseas as part of the war effort
1951	Plastic strips are introduced.
1956	Decorative bandages are introduced - "Stars and Strips" (not Stripes).
1957	Clear Strips bandages are introduced.
1958	BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages are first produced in sheer vinyl.
1963	Adhesive bandages go into space with Mercury astronauts.
1971	Brooke Shields appears in a BAND-AID^® Brand television commercial.
1975	Terri Garr appears in a BAND-AID^® Brand television commercial
1975	John Travolta appears in a BAND-AID^® Brand television commercial
1982	Chris Evert appears in a BAND-AID^® Brand television commercial
1988	Perestroika arrives in Eastern Europe and so does BAND-AID^® Brand.
1994	BAND-AID^® Brand SPORT STRIP^® Adhesive Bandages are introduced
1995	75^th Anniversary
1997	Introduction of BAND-AID^® Brand Antibiotic Adhesive Bandages, the first ever adhesive bandage to have specially formulated antibiotic ointment right on the pad.
2000	BAND-AID^® Brand Advanced Healing is the latest generation in wound care available to consumers.
2001	Over 100 billion BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages have been made to date... and band-aid.com is launched!
2002	Introduction of a revolutionary new concept from BAND-AID^® Brand – the Liquid Bandage that promotes fast healing on contact.
2005	BAND-AID^® Brand celebrates its 85^th Anniversary and re-launches limited edition tins.
2006	Re-launch of plus Antibiotic with new look and more line extensions.
2007	BAND-AID^® Brand brings back "I am stuck on BAND-AID Brand" jingle with new commercial.

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