Also, on this day in 1885 Constantin Fahlberg received U.S. patent No. 326,281 for the artificial sweetener Saccharine.

In 1981 The USDA announced that ketchup could be counted as a vegetable in the school lunch program.

In 1995 Tan M&Ms are replaced by the new blue M&Ms. The tan ones originally replaced violet M&Ms in 1949.