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JANUARY 30 - History of food and drink
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National Croissant Day
1516 Duke Wilhalm IV of Bavaria instituted Reinheitsgebot, the German beer purity law, and probably the first consumer protection law.
1649 Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland Died. Ice cream is said to have come from France when he married Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henri IV, and sister of Louis XIII.
1868 Charles Darwin's 'Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.' was published.
1888 Asa Gray died. A leading American botanist of his time and a supporter of Darwin, he co-authored 'Flora of North America' with John Torrey.
1947 Steve Marriot of the music group 'Humble Pie' was born.
1951 Ferdinand Porsche died. He was an Austrian engineer who designed the VW Beetle in 1935.
1969 The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of Apple Studios.
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