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NOVEMBER 10 - History of food and drink
Click here for a list of November Food Shows, Festivals, etc
National Vanilla Cupcake Day
St. Tryphon, patron of gardeners.
1683 Robert Morison died. A Scottish botanist whose work, together with that of others, helped lead to the modern system of plant classification.
1793 Dr. Jared Kirtland was born. A physician, naturalist, botanist and teacher, he is credited with developing 26 varieties of cherries and 6 varieties of pears.
1871 Journalist Henry Morton Stanley finds missing explorer Dr. David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika - "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
1951 As of this day in history, you could call from New York and make a reservation for dinner at a California restaurant without operator assistance. Coast to coast, direct dialing began.
1974 The discovery of the 'charmed quark', a subatomic particle, was announced. Nothing to do with food, just one of those odd entries I like to throw in now and then. This one shows the whimsy of physicists.
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