At October 2nd all the world will celebrate The World Smile Day in this year. This will be eleventh time from the time when the world community have had first celebration in 1999 year. There are many opinions and suppositions in the Internet who is the author of a smile. Personally I think that real author and progenitor of a graphic smiles is Harvey Ross Ball. He is exactly was the first who has made a yellow circle with funny face on it.

In honour of the World Smile Day and of his founder Harvey Ball I've got two articles Harvey Ross Ball. Biography and A few interesting facts about Smile. Perhaps in English language enough of this info, but not in Russian.