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FEBRUARY 3 - History of food and drink
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National Carrot Cake Day
Japan: Setsubun (Bean Throwing Festival)
1468 Johannes Gutenberg died. He invented the method of printing from moveable type. One of the important innovations in his method was a new press, similar to the screw presses used in winemaking.
(An amusing observation: I have noticed that context ads frequently do not appear on this page on the left or the bottom - most likely due to the word before “presses” in the paragraph above. Chef James)
1815 The world's first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.
1823 Spencer Fullerton Baird was born. An American naturalist and zoologist, he was the second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It gave Congress the power to levy taxes on income. In 1913 less than 1% of the population paid income tax at the rate of 1%.
1916 The Cafe Voltaire opened in Zurich, Switzerland. It became a meeting place for members of the Dada movement in art and literature.
1959 The day the music died. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) are killed in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa.
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