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MARCH 14 - History of food and drink
Click here for a list of March Food Shows, Festivals, etc
National Potato Chip Day
1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.
1893 The original Waldorf Hotel opened. It had 450 rooms and almost 1,000 employees. Actually, it opened on March 13, but I did not have any other entries for March 14
1903 President Theodore Roosevelt established the first U.S. national bird sanctuary to protect pelicans and herons nesting on Pelican Island, near Sebastian, Florida.
1946 Jim Pons of the music group 'The Turtles' was born.
1958 'Tequila' by The Champs is #1 on the charts
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