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• Raisins are mentioned at least nine times in the Bible, along with other mentions of “dried grapes.” It’s recorded in the book of I Samuel that King David was presented with “a hundred clusters of raisins.” • The first raisin grapes, Egyptian Muscats, were planted in the U.S. in 1851. In 1872, Scottish immigrant William Thompson propagated a variety of seedless grapes, using cuttings from Turkey. In 1873, during a spell of hot weather, the Thompson seedless grapes growing in a vineyard known as Fruitvale Estates, withered. Vineyard owner M. Theo Kearney transported the shriveled grapes to San Francisco, promoting them as “Peruvian Delicacies,” the first commercial raisin crop. Kearney became known as the “Raisin King of Fresno,” and led the establishment of the California Raisin Growers Associations. By 1920, the Thompson seedless grapes had replaced the Muscats as the most popular variety. • Until the 20th century, Turkey, Iran, and Greece were the world’s leading raisin producers, when the U.S. took the lead. The U.S. raisin crop comes solely from California. About 95% of California’s crop comes from Thompson seedless grapes. • The color of a raisin depends on what type of grape is dried, with some the well-known black, while others are green, purple, yellow, and even blue! A golden-colored raisin is most generally referred to as a sultana, and come from small pale golden-green Turkish grapes. They’re sweeter than the black raisins. Some golden raisins are treated with a lye solution and sulfur dioxide after drying, giving them a golden color. They are usually dried in dehydrators under a controlled temperature and humidity, which gives them a light color and higher moisture content.
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• On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify the new Constitution more than 14 years later. • On May 8, 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that able-bodied males between the ages of 18 and 45 be enrolled in the militia. The act was quickly tested when farmers in Pennsylvania, angered by a tax on whiskey, attacked the home of a tax collector. President George Washington responded with 15,000 militia members. • On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland, sinking within 20 minutes. Of the 1,959 passengers and crew, 1,198 people were drowned. The British Admiralty had warned the ship to avoid the area, but the Lusitania's captain ignored the recommendations.
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• On May 3, 1946, in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunals begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes during World War II. All but three of the defendants were eventually found guilty. • On May 9, 1950, Ron Hubbard publishes "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." The book introduced a self-help psychology called Dianetics, which morphed into a belief system called Scientology, popular due to its high profile in Hollywood. • On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The flight lasted 15 minutes. • On May 6, 1994, a rail tunnel under the English Channel officially opens, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age. The "Chunnel" runs under water for 23 miles, with an average depth of 150 feet below the seabed. © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• In Kentucky, horses flourished on the bluegrass pastures and Kentucky became an important thoroughbred breeding center. Horse racing became popular. In 1832, town fathers in Louisville, Kentucky bought land from the Churchill family and built a racetrack. Built too far from town to attract crowds, and competing against more popular tracks, racing in Louisville floundered until the arrival of Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. • Meriwether Clark was the grandson of explorer William Clark. He was the great-nephew of the founder of Louisville, George Clark, and his mother was Abigail Churchill, of the Churchill family who owned the property where the racetrack was built. • Clark grew up with horseracing. After a trip to Europe in 1873 where he studied the layout of the Epsom Derby, he was full of ideas of how to improve racing in Louisville. • With financial backing from the Churchill family, Clark built a new track on Churchill property. He leased 80 acres from his Churchill uncles, built a grandstand and track, sold stock, and organized betting. The track, dubbed the Louisville Jockey Club Course, opened on May 17, 1875. Although there were more important races being run in Kentucky that day, the success of the new track was assured when a horse set a new world record for the mile-and-a-half run. The crowd went wild. The Kentucky Derby was born. • Still, Clark was hard to get along with. His wife left him, and the Churchill family cut him out of the family will, leaving him only a few acres of Churchill property, demoting him to mere overseer of the racetrack. Townfolk stopped calling it the Louisville Jockey Club and started calling it Churchill Downs as an insult, to remind Clark who still held the purse strings. ...continued
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• Things went downhill fast. Clark’s suicide in 1899 nearly resulted in death for the Kentucky Derby, leaving it on the verge of bankruptcy.
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• In 1902, Matt Winn became the manager. He had a gift for publicity and promotion, and he rebuilt the legacy. He had a clubhouse built so patrons would feel more welcome and relaxed. He hired John Phillip Sousa’s band to entertain. He had two airplanes shipped in for races, which were the first recorded flights in the state of Kentucky. During World War I, he pledged 10% of the track profits to the Red Cross. During the potato shortage of 1918, he turned the entire infield into a huge potato patch. He courted the press. He courted the radio broadcasters. He courted the movie makers. He courted the owners of the best horses. He invited the New York City mayor to present the trophy. He improved the seating. Business increased, public opinion changed, and revenues skyrocketed. • The Derby weathered the Depression with a difficult dip in turnout, and when World War II resulted in a request for the racetrack to be shut down for the duration, Winn responded by asking wealthy patrons to purchase their tickets as usual and then donate them for the free use of servicemen. For the next three years the grounds were covered with army uniforms. He invited the Army to use the infield for public demonstrations of their new Sherman tanks. He invited the State Fair to hold the event in the grounds. Because of Matt Winn, the Kentucky Derby became an international event and he ran it successfully until his death in 1949.
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