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AUGUST 28 - History of food and drink
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National Cherry Turnover Day
St. Augustine of Hippo's Day, patron of brewers.
1798 The first American vineyard was planted in Lexington, Kentucky.
1837 John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England started manufacturing Worcester Sauce (Worcestershire).
1875 Stephen McCormick died. He was the inventor and manufacturer of a cast iron plow with removable parts.
1943 Honey Lantree of the music group 'Honeycombs' was born.
2002 Spaniards threw 120 tons of tomatoes at each other at the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. The annual tomato fight is the biggest food fight in the world. It has been a tradition since 1945 when a group of youngsters engaged in a spontaneous tomato fight in the town square
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