January 22 – National Blonde Brownie Day

National Southern Food Day

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on this day in…

1521 Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.
1892 Coca-Cola was incorporated.
1939 Chef, Jeff Smith,The Frugal Gourmet was born
1985 A cold wave damaged 90 percent of the Florida citrus crop.
1997 A weekend freeze cost Florida farmers at least 100 million dollars in crop losses. Winter vegetables in south Dade County and southwest Florida were hardest hit
2008 The Jewish Holiday, Tu B’Shevat, celebrated by planting trees that bears fruits, is permitted work

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on this day in…

1561 Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Albans, Baron of Verulam aka Sir Francis Bacon, was born. Lawyer, statesman, philosopher, etc.
1892 Coca-Cola was incorporated.
1988 The first airport cow lounge. Schiphol airport in Amsterdam opened a special departure lounge for cows, serving pre-flight food and drink to traveling cattle.
1997 Lottie Williams, 48, of Tulas, Oklahoma became the only person known to have been hit by man made debris from space. She was struck on the shoulder while walking in a park, by a small piece of a used Delta II rocket that had been used to launch a military satellite in April, 1996.
1999‘Have You Ever?’ by Brandy is #1 on the charts.

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also:National Blonde Brownie Day

on this day in…

1561 Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Albans, Baron of Verulam aka Sir Francis Bacon, was born. Lawyer, statesman, philosopher, etc.
1892 Coca-Cola was incorporated.
1988 The first airport cow lounge. Schiphol airport in Amsterdam opened a special departure lounge for cows, serving pre-flight food and drink to traveling cattle.
1997 Lottie Williams, 48, of Tulas, Oklahoma became the only person known to have been hit by man made debris from space. She was struck on the shoulder while walking in a park, by a small piece of a used Delta II rocket that had been used to launch a military satellite in April, 1996.
1999‘Have You Ever?’ by Brandy is #1 on the charts.

some content is courtesy of www.FoodReference.com, used with permission