SEPTEMBER 20 - Today in Food History
- National Rum Punch Day
- St. Eustace's Day, patron of hunters.
- Trout Season ends in Iceland. (Begins on April 1)
1842 Sir James Dewar was born. He invented the 'Dewar Flask,' the original 'thermos bottle'.
1859 George B. Simpson patented the electric range.
1878 Upton Sinclair was born. His novel, 'The Jungle,' was a detailed horror story about the conditions in the meat packing industry of the time. It led to extensive reforms.
1890 Blues musician 'Jelly Roll' Morton was born.
1891 August Schell died. He founded the August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1860.
1969 'Sugar, Sugar' by the Archies hits Number 1 on the charts.
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