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MAY 21 - History of food and drink
Click here for a list of May Food Shows, Festivals, etc
National Waitstaff Day
National Strawberries & Cream Day
1923 Delmonico's Restaurant closed its doors, a victim of Prohibition. (Some sources list October 4, 1918).
1987 Archie Fairley Carr died. An American biologist and authority on turtles. His extensive studies and conservation efforts helped to increase turtle populations around the world.
2009 After months of numerous mechanical failures, a new recycling system was activated on the international space station. The new system recycles astronauts urine and sweat into drinking water.
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