The Internet emoticon : - ) was born today , 26 year ago . You can find the story of its invention , along with a bunch of other internet related creation dates here . Just look under 9/19/82 . The noseless variety seems to be more popular today and of course there are all kinds of variations .

Question: How did the emoticon come into existence ?
Answer: Someone found it at this link .Someone wrote the story of its invention .Someone carried it to term and gave birth .Someone included it in online written material .