A day like today 34 years ago in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Scott Fahlman was the first documented person to use the emoticons 
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with a specific suggestion that they be used to express emotion. The main purpose was to distinguish serious posts from Jokes.
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use :-(
However, this was the first document used of emoticons, is not the first time that they have been used to express emotions through icons. From ancient Egypt till Morse code and Magazines publications emoticons, have been there to help us to express what we feel without words.
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