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MAY 3 - History of food and drink
Click here for a list of May Food Shows, Festivals, etc
National Raspberry Popover Day
World Press Freedom Day
1654 A bridge in Rowley, Massachusetts began charging a toll for animals. People passed for free.
1913 William Motter Inge was born. An American playwright, he was the author of 'Picnic' which was also filmed in 1956.
1937 Francis Stephen Castelluccio was born. Better known as Frankie Valli of 'The Four Seasons' singing group.
1939 The Andrew Sisters recorded 'Beer Barrel Polka.'
1944 Most wartime meat rationing ended in the United States.
1947 Sylvester tried to have Tweety Bird for lunch for the first time in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
2007 Jamison Stone, 11 years old, bagged a 'wild hog' that weighed in at over 1050 pounds. He was hunting on a commercial huntng preserve with his father and several guides in eastern Alabama. The animal measured 9 feet 4 inches long, nose to tail.
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