AUGUST 5 - Today in Food History• National Oyster Day (Oyster Trivia & Facts) • Tutti Frutti Hat Day (see 1955 below) • Australia (NT): [Picnic Day] (Aug 5, 2024 1st Mon) • [National Farmers Market Week] (Aug 4-10, 2024 1st full week in August) • [World Breastfeeding Week] (Aug 1-7)
On this day in:1850 Henry-Rene-Albert-Guy de Maupassant was born. Among the subjects of his short stories are many about the fashionable life of Paris. 1858 Alexis Benoit Soyer died. French chef and author. Chef of the London Reform Club. He opened kitchens in Ireland during the famine to sell food at 1/2 price and was an advisor on food to the British army during the Crimean War. Invented several stoves and kitchen utensils. Wrote 'The Pantropheon; or, History of Food' (1853), 'A Shilling Cookery Book for the People' (1854), ‘Soyer's Charitable Cookery’ (1847). 1891 Leipzig, Germany: The Hotel Hauffe honored the first American Express Travelers Cheque. 1909 The first corporation tax was passed by the U.S. Congress. 1914 The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio at Euclid Ave and East 105th Street. 1916 R. J. Lechmere Guppy died (born Aug 15, 1836). English geologist and paleontologist; the Guppy fish was named for him. 1955 Carmen Miranda died. Brazilian singer and actress. Miranda appeared in many Hollywood movies, and was known as “the Brazilian bombshell” and also "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat." 1962 Marilyn Monroe died. American actress, she was crowned Artichoke Queen of 1947 in Castroville, California. 2008 IBM is granted a patent for storing a customers preference for 'paper or plastic bags' on the stores customer loyalty card. Does this really deserve a patent?
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