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  • first commercial chewing gum

    first commercial chewing gum
    John B. Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum

  • Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums

    Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums
    Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums becoming more popular than spruce gums.

  • william Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum

    william Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum
    william Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum

  • Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum.

    Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum.
    Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum.

  • John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time

    John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time
    John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time while being chewed.

  • Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine.

    Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine.
    Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine.

  • Double mint is created

    Double mint is created
    Wrigley Doublemint brand was created. William Wrigley, Jr. and Henry Fleer were responsible for adding the popular mint and fruit extracts to a chicle chewing gum.

  • double bubble is created

    double bubble is created
    an employee of the Frank H. Fleer Company, Walter Diemer invented the successful pink colored Double Bubble, bubble gum.

  • bubble gum is created

    bubble gum is created
    bubble gum was invented by a man named Walter E. Diemer.

  • trident gum invented

    trident gum invented
    it was invented in 1963 it was invented in Parsippany, New jersey by walter diemer.

  • extra gum is invented

    extra gum is invented
    Extra is the name of the second sugarfree gum launched by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in the United States ( It was launched in 1984 and became one of the most popular brands of gum (unbiased reference needed) in the United States within a few years, known for long-lasting flavor.

  • orbit gum invented

    orbit gum invented
    Orbit was launched in 1944 in the United States as a replacement brand by Wrigley due to rationing of gum-making ingredients in World War II.

  • Eclipse gum is invented

    Eclipse gum is invented
    Eclipse launched in 1999 and has remained a leader in intense breath freshening ever since.

  • stride gum invented

    stride gum invented
    Stride gum was invented by Donald Woodworth

  • 5 gum is introduced to the U.S.

    5 gum is introduced to the U.S.
    In March 2007, Wrigley introduced 5 gum to the U.S.