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NOVEMBER 18 - Today in Food History

• National Vichyssoise Day (Vichyssoise Recipe)
  (Soup Quotes)

• National Apple Cider Day (Apple Cider Trivia)
  (Cider Quotes)

• St. Odo of Cluny, patron for rain.
• St. Peter the Apostle, patron of bakers, butchers, fishermen, harvesters and foot problems.

National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 17-23, 2024 - week before Thanksgiving) [National Coalition for the Homeless] A time to share our compassion with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness.

• UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20)
 

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1307 The legendary William Tell supposedly shot an apple from his son's head.

1810 Asa Gray was born. A leading American botanist of his time and a strong supporter of Darwin. He co-authored 'Flora of North America' with John Torrey.

1821 Jacob Schweppe died (born March 16, 1740). A German watchmaker and amateur scientist. He developed the first practical and commercially successful process for producing carbonated mineral water.

1857 Rose Markwood Knox was born. Rose and her husband Charles Knox developed the world's first pre-granulated gelatin, eliminating the long difficult process of making gelatin at home. When her husband died in 1908, Rose took over and ran the company for more than 40 years. Mrs. Knox died in 1950 at age 93, still serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the company.

1874 Women's Christian Temperance Union was formed in Cleveland, Ohio.

1883 North American railroads switched to a new Standard Railway Time (SRT), resulting in the creation of four standard time zones adopted were Eastern Standard Time, Central Daylight Time, Mountain Standard Time, and Pacific Daylight Time. (see also Time Trivia)

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 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.

1926 Carl Akeley died (born May 19, 1864). A biologist, taxidermist, nature photographer and conservationist.

1928 Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' animated cartoon (in black-and-white) premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York City. The first cartoon with synchronized sound and the debut of Mickey Mouse (originally named Mortimer).

1932 The movie 'Grand Hotel' won the Academy Award for Outstanding Production (Best Picture).

1952 Borden Company registered "Elmer's" (glue) trademark. Elmer the Bull is spouse of Elsie the Cow, the corporate symbol of Borden's. (Borden’s Trivia)

1956 Fats Domino performed 'Blueberry Hill’ on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1963 The 1st telephone in the U.S. with push buttons ('Touch-Tone') instead of a rotary dial, was placed into commercial service in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

1966 American Roman Catholics are no longer required to abstain from eating meat on Fridays.

1967 A ban on the movement of farm animals was put in place at midnight in England and Wales to curb the spread of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic.

1970 Linus Pauling declares that large doses of Vitamin C will keep the common cold at bay.

2004 Parliament voted to ban Fox hunting with dogs in the U.K. effective February 18, 2005.
 

 

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