JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
Feb. 26
National Pistachio Day
National Personal Chefs Day.
1852 John Harvey Kellogg was born. He developed the first breakfast cereal for his patients called "Granose", flaked wheat and toasted corn flakes.
1902 John L. Mason died. He patented the medal screw on lid for glass jars. used in canning. Known as the "Mason Jar".
1903 Richard Gatling died. He is best known for his famous gun. He also developed machine for sowing rice, wheat and other grains and invented the steam plow.
This is a very cool thread, Donna- it's terribly distracting, too, for we history geeks. Makes you want to go look everything up!