TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

1840 Sir Hiram Maxim was born.  An American born inventor.  Among his hundreds of inventions were a hair curling iron, a mousetrap, an automatic sprinkling system, gas motors, and a machine gun.


1872 Lafayette Benedict Mendel was born.  An American biochemist who published various papers on nutrition.  His work on vitamins and proteins helped establish modern concepts about nutrition.


1884 Willis Johnson of Cincinnati, Ohio, received a patent for an egg beater.


1914 William Burroughs, novelist, was born.  He wrote 'Naked Lunch.'


1967 Tom Smothers fell into a vat of chocolate today.  (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered).

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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

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