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JULY 18 - History of food and drink
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National Caviar Day
1892 Thomas Cook died. In 1841 Cook hired a special excursion train between Leicester and Loughborough in England for a temperance meeting. The beginning of Thomas Cook & Son, the worldwide travel agency.
1936 The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is invented. It is a giant hot dog on wheels. Invented by Carl Mayer, nephew of Oscar Mayer, it was built by General Body Company at Chicago, Illinois. There are now a fleet of six.
1949 Wally Bryson of the music group 'The Raspberries' was born.
1968 'Grazing In The Grass' by Hugh Masekela is #1 on the charts
1994 Crayola introduced scented crayons.
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