2002 Death Ed Headrick, inventor, popularized the Frisbee, dies at 80 1984 Event Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia 1984 Event Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas 1978 Event Mark Vinchesi of Amherst Mass keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds 1957 Event Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee