OCTOBER 16
Today in Food History• [World Food Day] - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations marks World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. • World Bread Day [Kansas Wheat]
(Bread Trivia --- Bread Recipes --- Bread Quotes) • National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day (Oct 16, 2024 - Wed. during National School Lunch Week - since 2011) • National Liqueur Day (Liqueur Articles) • [Hagfish Day] (Oct 16, 2024 3rd Wed) Jawless, boneless, and scaleless, Hagfish ooze slime to smother their prey and evade predators. • St. Gall, patron of geese and poultry. • National School Lunch Week (Oct 14-18, 2024)
[School Nutrition Association] • UK: [Coffee Week] (October 14-20, 2024) The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause. • UK: National Baking Week (always Oct 14-20) • UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 22-Oct 22, 2024)
[The Tree Council] Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
On this day in:1793 Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of Louis XVI of France, was guillotined (born Nov 2, 1755). She would sometimes wear potato blossoms as a hair decoration. Attributed quote: "If they have no bread, let them eat cake." 1829 The Tremont Hotel opened in Boston. It was the first modern hotel in the U.S. Rooms were $2 per day with meals included. It was the first hotel with indoor plumbing, with toilets and rooms for baths in the basement. 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invited educator Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House. Other presidents had invited African-Americans to meetings at the White House, but Washington was the first African-American to dine at the White House. 1928 Eliza Maria Mosher died (born Oct 2, 1846). An American physician whose wide-ranging medical career included an educational focus on physical fitness and health maintenance. 
1929
Minnesota's first pheasant season begins. Ring-necked pheasants were introduced to the state from China in 1905. (Pheasant Trivia -- Pheasant Recipes) 1938 Ronn Teitelbaum was born (died Sept 11, 2000). Founder of Johnny Rockets 1950s diner-style restaurant franchise. (see also June 6, 1986). 1939 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' opened on Broadway. 1941 'Fry Me Cookie, with a Can of Lard' was recorded by the Will Bradley Orchestra. 1945 World Food Day. The founding day of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. 1962 'Flea' (Michael Peter Balzary) was born. Bass player for the music group 'Red Hot Chili Peppers.'
1976 'Disco Duck (Part 1)' by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots was #1 on the music charts. 1986 A record northern pike weighed over 55 pounds and was caught in Germany. 2005 Elmer 'Len' Dresslar Jr. died (born March 25, 1925). Voice actor, best known as the booming voice of the Jolly Green Giant in commercials. 2020 Coca-Cola announced that it is discontinuing its diet soda, TaB. Introduced in 1963, the saccharine-sweetened, zero-calorie TaB popularity declined after Coca-Cola introduced Diet Coke in 1982. Retiring diet TaB frees the company concentrate on Diet Coke and Coke Zero brands. (Coca-Cola Facts & Trivia) 2024 The stock market closed at a new record high of 43,077.70.
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