MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Jan. 5, 1855, the man who invented the disposable razor was born in Wisconsin. King C.

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“In 1895, when I, King Camp Gillette, was 40, I first thought of the safety razor.” So, a decade ago, wrote the father of a great company, a great industry. The proud ring in his words was justified.