Topper's Seventieth Anniversary

1946 Food Related Happenings

• 1946 Musician Gram Parsons was born. Member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
• 1946 Adolfo De La Parra of the music group 'Canned Heat' was born.
• 1946 Dean Ford of the music group 'Marmalade' was born.
• 1946 Carmine Appice of music group 'Vanilla Fudge' was born.
• 1946 Jimmy Buffet, musician, was born. 'Cheesburger in Paradise,' 'Margaritaville' etc.
• 1946 Chicken Shack guitarist Stan Webb was born in February.
• 1946 Paul Wheatbread, drummer with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, was born in February.
• 1946 James Beard hosted the first regular televised cooking show in the U.S., 'I Love To Eat'
• 1946 Felix Hoffman died February 8 (born Jan 21, 1868). German chemist who first synthesized aspirin in 1897. (see also Feb 27, 1900)
• 1946 George A. Hormel died on June 5 (born Dec 4, 1860). Founder of meat packing company, George A. Hormel & Co. (Hormel Foods) in Austin, Minnesota in 1891. Developed the first canned ham in 1926, introduced 'Spam' in 1937.
• 1946 The Andrews Sisters recorded 'Avocado'.
• 1946 'Catfish' Hunter, baseball pitcher, was born.
• 1946 The first CARE packages for survivors of WW II in Europe arrive at Le Havre, France. (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe).
• 1946 George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published.
• 1946 Technique developed to produce high-quality frozen orange juice concentrate.
• 1946 'The Iceman Cometh' opened in New York City.
• 1946 Tupperware was introduced. Products didn't sell well in retail outlets, primarily because consumers needed demonstrations in order to understand how the airtight seals worked.
• 1946 The Culinary Institute of America was founded in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1972 it relocated to Hyde Park, New York
• 1946 The U.S. Congress passed the National School Lunch Act.
• 1946 Self rising cornmeal was marketed for the first time.
• 1946 The New Haven Restaurant Institute opened in a storefront. It soon became The Culinary Institute of America.
• 1946 Frozen French Fries went on sale at the R.H. Macy department store in New York.
• 1946 Philadelphia entrepreneur Edward J. Piszek and short order cook John Paul marketed frozen deviled crabs as the first product of their new company, Mrs. Paul's Kitchens.
• 1946 French's Instant Potato (mashed potatoes) was introduced.
• 1946 The cocktail 'Moscow Mule' was created (Smirnoff vodka and ginger beer in a copper mug).
• 1946 Brennan's Restaurant opens on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
• 1946 UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established.
• 1946 Uri Geller, spoon bender, was born.
• 1946 Louis Jordan's single, the fast paced and humorous "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," debuted on the rhythm and blues (R&B) charts.
• 1946 The Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada opened.

Did You Know? -

• Oct 20 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
• Oct 22 2 British ships sink near Albania
• Oct 23 UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st NYC-Flushing Meadows)
• Oct 24 Netherlands & Indonesia sign cease fire
• Oct 24 A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
• Oct 25 1st trial against nazi war criminals (Nuremberg)
• Oct 27 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
• Oct 28 German rocket engineers begin work in USSR