JUNE 18 - Today in Food History• International Picnic Day (Picnic Trivia) • National Go Fishing Day (Fishing Trivia & Facts)
(Fish Quotes) • International Sushi Day (Ordering Sushi) • World Tapas Day (June 18, 2026, 3rd Thurs) (Designated by Spain's Tourism Institute in 2016)
(Tapas: Magic Mouthfulls) • UN: [Sustainable Gastronomy Day] • [Men’s Health Week] (June 14-21, 2026) (week leading up to and including Father’s Day) • Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 13-20, 2026 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]
(Goat Trivia & Facts) • UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 15-21, 2026)
(Picnic Trivia & Facts)
On this day in:1816 Thomas Henry died (born Oct 26, 1734). An apothecary in Manchester, England, he was the first to produce artifically carbonated water for sale.
(Seltzer Trivia & Facts) 1865 Edmund Ruffin died. He was a pioneer in the study of soil chemistry in the U.S. 1892 Macadamia nuts were first planted in Hawaii.
(Macadamia Nut Trivia -- Hawaii Food Trivia & Facts) 1897 Juliet Corson died. Librarian, cookery teacher and writer, founder of the New York Cooking School in 1876. Her books include 'Cooking Manual' (1877), 'Twenty-five Cent Dinners for Families of Six' (1878), and 'Miss Corson's Practical American Cookery' (1886). 1898 Atlantic City, NJ opened its Steel Pier (boardwalk). The world-famous Steel Pier had 9 miles of food, beverages, concessions, amusements, concerts, etc. Ed McMahon, of the Johnny Carson Show and Publisher's Clearing House fame, was a barker on the pier in his youth. (New Jersey Food Trivia -- NJ Food Festivals) 1913 Robert Mondavi was born. A leading Napa Valley vintner. (North American Wines Articles) 1964 The African Groundnut Council was founded in Dakar. 1993 So-called 'killer bees,' Africanized honey bees, have reached Tucson, Arizona; a small dog was killed from a bee attack. Their original source was Brazil, where African bees were imported for experimental cross breeding. (Bee Trivia and Facts) 2020 Coronavirus: To mask or not to mask, that is the question.
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