Today is the 46th anniversary of the Hula-Hoop patent
The inventor, Richard Knerr, died last year and NPR's All Thing Considered had this rememberance.
They also featured this report in 2005 about "the 20 and 30 somthing hipsters who have taken up the activity..."
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Producer: David Isay
Program: All Things Considered
Date: January, 2009