NOVEMBER 12 - Today in Food History
- National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day
1908 William Keith Brooks died. An influential zoologist, he was a champion for the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster.
1926 Jack Ryan was born. Before helping to develop the Barbie Doll for Mattell, Ryan worked for the Pentagon designing missiles!
1947 Buck Dharma of the music group 'Blue Oyster Cult' was born.
1956 Ice cubes, anyone? The largest iceberg was reported, in the South Pacific, 208 miles long by 60 miles wide.
1974 After more than 125 years, salmon returned to the River Thames in England.
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