Today in History Food Edition June 8, 2024

Festivals
Real, Wild, and Woody Beer Festival
Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival
Artichoke Festival
Snowmass Rendezvous Craft Beer Festival
Cheshire Strawberry Festival
42nd Annual South Windsor Strawberry Festival and Craft Fair
17th Annual Rhubarb Festival
Annual Mullet Toss
Winchester Beer Cheese Festival
38th Annual Creole Tomato Festival
Wine and Food Festival
Worcester Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival
Annual Cotuit Strawberry Festival
55th Annual Strawberry Festival
19th Annual Ella Sharp ARt Beer and Wine Festival
National Asparagus Festival
The National Cereal Festival
Annual Lansing Beer Festival
Rochester Real Beer Expo
Blueberry Jubilee
18th Annual Excelsior Springs Wine Festival
MBCH Strawberry Festival
St. Louis Bourbon and Brews Festival
Pour into Summer Wine Festival
12th Annual Rochester Real Beer Expo
Hudson Valley Taco Festival
Yellow Springs Street Fair
Annual Ice Cream Festival
14th Annual Taste of Kutztown
The Great Chefs Event
34th Annual TX Blueberry Festival
Annual King of the Wing Festival
Osceola Rhubarb Festival
Beer, Bacon, and Cheese Festival
Spring Classic Musky Tournament
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Heart Shaped Pizza
Mexican Tin Art
St. Medardus
The Moody Eagle
Birthdays
Aaron Freeman, 1956, Radio Host
Barbara Bush, 1925 Political Wife
Carl Ikerme, 1986 Soccer Player
Dan Futterman, 1967 Director
E Neville Isdell, 1943 Business Executive
Francesca Capaldi, 2004 TV Actress
Gabrielle Giffords, 1970 Politician
Hattie Gotobed, 2002 TV Actress
Ida Saxton McKinley, 1847 Political Wife
J Walter Kennedy, 1912 Sports Executive
Kayne West, 1977 Rapper
Lauren Gottlieb, 1988 Dancer
Mack Vickery, 1938 Rock Singer
Nancy Sinatra, 1940 Country Singer
Oscar Manuel Laurel, 1920 Politician
Patrick Kaleta, 1986 Hockey Player
Qasim Akhtar, 1991 TV Actor
Rachel Held Evans 1961 Religious Author
Salustiano Sanchez 1901
Teo Ser Luck, 1968 Politician
Victor Castillo, 1981 Long Jumper
Whakaio Taahi, 1990 Guitarist
Zinhle Mabena, 1991 TV Actress
Family Health and Fitness Day
National Rosé Day
World Gin Day
Dairy Goat Awareness Week
National Jelly Filled Doughnut Day
Chicken Tetrazzini Day
Maple on Creme Fraiche Day
1784 Marie-Antoine Careme was born (died Jan 12, 1833)
1786 In New York City, the first advertisement for commercially made ice cream
1824 A washing machine was patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
1848 Franklin Hiram King was born
1859 Walter Hunt died
1869 The first American patent for a sweeping machine was issued
1880 At the 1st International Miller's Exhibition in Cincinnati, Ohio,
1926 Dame Nellie Melba gave her farewell performance
1937 World's largest flower blooms at the NY Botanical Garden
1953 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated eating places in Washington, D.C. were unconstitutional.
1965 The merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay
1985 Creme Fraiche won the Belmont Stakes, ridden by Jockey Eddie Maple.
1992 The U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development was created.
2001 The movie 'Swordfish' opened in U.S. theaters.
2018 Anthony Bourdain died (born June 25, 1956)