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NOVEMBER 18 - History of food and drink
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--National Vichyssoise Day
--St. Odo of Cluny, patron for rain.
--St. Peter the Apostle, patron of bakers, butchers, fishermen, harvesters and foot problems.
1307 The legendary William Tell shot an apple from his son's head.
1810 Asa Gray was born. A leading American botanist of his time a a strong supporter of Darwin, he co-authored 'Flora of North America' with John Torrey.
1874 Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1922 Marcel Proust died. Marcel Proust was a French writer. On January 1, 1909, he ate a piece of tea-soaked toast whose taste caused on a series of childhood memories. In his 7 volume allegorical novel 'Remembrance of Things Past,' the character Swann has a similar experience when he bites into a lemon cookie (a madelaine) which evokes a similar torrent of memories. This is one of the most ubiquitous (i.e., widely-quoted) allusions in literature.
1956 Fats Domino performed 'Blueberry Hill’ on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1966 American Roman Catholics are no longer required to abstain from eating meat on Fridays.
1970 Linus Pauling declares that large doses of Vitamin C will keep the common cold at bay.
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