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World History: November 23

- November 22, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: November 23 1534 German botanist Otto Brunfels dies. His work is considered to be a bridge between ancient and modern botany. 1553 Italian Botanist Prospero Alpini born. He is said to have introduced…

Hawaii / History / Travel

World History: November 16

- November 15, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: November 16 1620 Maize, the first corn discovered by European settlers. 1889 The Oahu Railway begins in Hawaii. This railroad makes it possible to move agricultural products from inland to port.

Hawaii / Health / History / Islands / Las Vegas / Travel / World

World History: November 7

- November 5, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: November 7 1872 The ship Mary Celeste sailed for Genoa from New York with a cargo of 1700 barrels of alcoholic spirits, later found abandoned near the Azores. 1950 Hawaii officially becomes the…

Hawaii / History / Islands / Travel / World

World History: October 27

- October 26, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 27 1728 Captain James Cook born, the British explorer who charted many Pacific Islands, including the Sandwich Islands, better known as Hawaii. 1982 The population of China reaches 1 billion.

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Johnny

- October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 - tikitriangle

Farewell Johnny I can't be exactly sure of the year, but I am willing to bet it was 1981, maybe 1982. My friend John lived a house away where I grew up. He was the…

Beer / Food / Hawaii / History

World History: September 29

- September 28, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 29 1819 The whaling era in the Hawaiian Islands begins when two New England ships arrive. 1989 August A. Busch Jr. (‘Gussie’) dies, the grandson of Anheuser-Busch brewery founder Adolphus Busch. 2002 …

Beverages / Soda

World History: September 21

- September 28, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 21 1971 Coca-Cola introduced in plastic bottles.

Bar / Beer / Food / History / Science

World History: September 28

- September 27, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 28 1725 Irish brewer Arthur Guinness born. 1895 French scientist Louis Pasteur dies. He developed the process for killing these organisms by heat, called Pasteurization. 1937 Joseph Bernard Friedman receives a patent…

Bitters / Food / Fruit / Hawaii / History / Hotels

World History: September 27

- September 26, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 27 1870 Edmund McIlhenny patents an improved method for making pepper sauce and today only the Tabasco Sauce can bear that name. 1877 James Drummond Dole born. Known as the Pineapple King,…

Food / History / Television / Tiki

World History: September 26

- September 25, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 26 1754 French chemist Joseph-Louis Proust born. He extracted sugar from grapes, and proved it identical to sugar extracted from honey. 1774 John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) born. American pioneer and legend who planted apple…

History / Ice

World History: September 13

- September 12, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 13 1833 The first shipment of imported ice arrived in Calcutta, India from Boston in an insulated hold of the Clipper Tuscany after 4 months

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World History: September 10

- September 11, 2020September 12, 2020 - tikitriangle

World History: September 10 2001 The first case of mad cow disease reported in a dairy cow in Japan.