To keep customers happy, peddlers of America's first aluminum cookware perfect a scouring pad that combines steel wool, jeweler's rouge and soap. They call their brilliant idea Brillo. The first jug of Purex Bleach, to be followed by a superior phosphate-free laundry detergent, is formulated in the garage of a house in Los Angeles. Today, Purex is the reigning value detergent and Number 2 brand. Today Breck products are sold primarily in Mexico.
Fishermen form a Vienna sausage cult of tackle box folklore.
Today Armour Vienna's lead the market. 1973 - Tone, the only bath bar containing cocoa butter, is introduced. Acquired in the deal are such familiar brands as Purex and Trend detergents, Brillo soap pads and StaPuf fabric softeners. 1988 - Armour introduces Lunch Buckets, the first line of microwave cup meals. 1989 - Liquid Dial antibacterial hand soap pioneers a new category in personal hygiene products.