Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

Cracker Jack started its "prize in every box" promotion on this
day in history, Feb. 19, 1912.

German immigrant F.W. Rueckheim (below) first invented the
now-ubiquitous ballpark treat in the late 19th century. 

It was initially sold at his small candy and popcorn shop,
F. W. Rueckheim & Bro. (SnackHistory.com.) 

Frederich William Rueckheim (1846-1934)

1971

Aqua Velva was first trademarked in 1917 by the J.B. Williams
Company. The aftershave once had a high alcohol content,
but the formulation was denatured with denatonium benzoate.

Canned beer made its debut on January 24, 1935. In partnership
with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and
Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond,
Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the
canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.

By the late 19th century, cans were instrumental in the mass
distribution of foodstuffs, but it wasn’t until 1909 that the
American Can Company made its first attempt to can beer. This
was unsuccessful, and the American Can Company would have
to wait for the end of Prohibition in the United States before it
tried again. Finally in 1933, after two years of research, American
Can developed a can that was pressurized and had a special
coating to prevent the fizzy beer from chemically reacting with
the tin.

Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the
Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee. 

"The Frisbee started off as nothing more than a container that
carried pies," reported University of Southern California online engineering publication Illumin Magazine, which analyzed the
physics and history of the toy.

"However, through the ingenuity of some college students, the inventiveness of Fred Morrison, and the marketing savvy of the
Wham-O Manufacturing Company, it eventually became an
immensely popular and internationally recognized toy."
(FOXNEWS)

Walter Frederick Morrison
(January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010)