July 12, 1960 –
In 1955, a French electrician named André Cassagnes got an idea for a new toy after seeing how an electrostatic charge could hold aluminum powder to glass. He worked up a prototype for the toy—based on the design of a television screen—in his basement workshop and called it L’Ecran Magique, or the Magic Screen.
The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale on this date.
Demand Euphoria!
The Haus of Dcaligari 