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MAY 12 - History of food and drink
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National Nutty Fudge Day
1777 According to the International Dairy Foods Association, the first ice cream advertisement appeared in the New York Gazette on this date.
1792 Charles-Somon Favart died in Belleville, France. A French playwright and pastry cook, one of the founders of the opera comique.
1878 Catherine Esther Beecher died. An American educator and author of 'Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book', etc.
1889 John Cadbury died. He was the founder of Cadbury chocolate company.
1912 The Beverly Hills Hotel opened.
1994 Roy J. Plunkett died. He was the inventor of Teflon (Polytetrafluoroethylene) in 1938. The first nonstick cookware using Teflon was sold in 1960.
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