- National Pound Cake Day
1634 Samuel Cole supposedly opened the first tavern in the U.S., in Boston. What took so long?
1792 Samuel Slocum was born. He invented a machine to make pins with solid heads and a machine for sticking the pins in a paper holder for sale.
1792 Oranges were supposedly introduced to Hawaii.
1927 Ira Remsen died. An American chemist, co-discoverer (with Constantine Fahlberg) of saccharin, the artificial sweetener. (The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen).
1994 John Candy died. Canadian comedian and actor, member of 'The Second City' comedy troupe.
1634 Samuel Cole supposedly opened the first tavern in the U.S., in Boston. What took so long?
1792 Samuel Slocum was born. He invented a machine to make pins with solid heads and a machine for sticking the pins in a paper holder for sale.
1792 Oranges were supposedly introduced to Hawaii.
1927 Ira Remsen died. An American chemist, co-discoverer (with Constantine Fahlberg) of saccharin, the artificial sweetener. (The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen).
1994 John Candy died. Canadian comedian and actor, member of 'The Second City' comedy troupe.
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