TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY On this day in: 1789 President George Washington signed a proclamation on October 3, 1789 declaring Thursday the 26th day of November as the first national Thanksgiving Day under the Constitution. 1832 The John Mason, the first public horse-drawn streetcar, began carrying passengers in New York City. The fare was 12½¢. The coaches, with seating for 30 passengers, were mounted on iron wheels and were drawn by horses over iron rails laid down the middle of the street. Designed and built by John Stephenson. (Demonstrated to NYC officials on Nov 14, 1832) 1836 John Loudon McAdam died. He invented macadam pavement for roads. The Macadamia Nut was named for him. (Macadamia Nut Trivia & Facts) 1867 J.B. Sutherland of Detroit, Michigan received the first U.S. patent (No. 71,423) for a refrigerated railroad car. An insulated, double walled car with compartments for 800 pounds of ice at each end. 1876 Willis Haviland Carrier was born. He invented the first practical air conditioner. 1915 W. Atlee Burpee died. Founder of the worlds largest mail-order seed company in 1876. 1922 Charles M. Schulz was born. American cartoonist, best known for the Peanuts comic strip. 1942 ‘Casablanca’, the movie, premiers in New York City on Thanksgiving Day. 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1. 1968 Rock group Creams last concert (Albert Hall). 1991 Japan agrees to stop using drift nets in commercial fishing. 1992 Britains Queen Elizabeth II volunteers to start paying taxes on her personal income and take her children off the public payroll. 1996 The Las Vegas Sands Hotel was imploded to make way for the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. (Nevada Trivia & Facts) 2002 Verne H. Winchell died. Founder of Winchells Donuts in 1948; known as The Donut King.
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