Today in Food History

- National Potato Chip Day
- National Pi(e) Day (2012)

1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.

1903 President Theodore Roosevelt established the first U.S. national bird sanctuary to protect pelicans and herons nesting on Pelican Island, near Sebastian, Florida.

1946 Jim Pons of the music group 'The Turtles' was born.

1958 'Tequila' by The Champs is #1 on the charts.

Sourced from Food Reference