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Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born American cook who is believed to have infected between 51 and 122 people with typhoid fever. The infections caused three confirmed deaths, with unconfirmed estimates of as many as 50.
Esing Bakery incident 700 people were poisoned after eating bread containing Arsenic. 0 people were killed immediately but 3 people died from long-term effects 1900 English beer poisoning in 1900 over 6,000 people were poisoned by tainted beer containing contaminated sulphuric acid and arsenic causing at least 70 to die
Jean Carnahan (1933–2024), first Missouri woman to become a U.S. Senator, matriarch of Carnahan political family; Mel Carnahan (1924–2000), governor, posthumous U.S. Senator (died in plane crash three weeks before he was elected), patriarch of Carnahan political family; Robin Carnahan (born 1961), Missouri Secretary of State
Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was not understood, and, from the mid 1800s to early-mid 1900s, was perceived as ptomaine poisoning, caused by a fundamental flaw in understanding how it worked. While the medical establishment ditched ptomaine theory by the 1930s, it remained in the public consciousness until the late 1960s and ...
Matt Blunt, former governor of Missouri; Melanie Blunt, former first lady of Missouri; Roy Blunt, former U.S. senator; Dennis Bonner, Missouri state legislator; Sempronius H. Boyd, former U.S. representative and minister of the United States to Siam; Charlie Brown, former U.S. representative; Miller Dunckel, former Michigan State Treasurer
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It turns out that the vast majority of brands named after real people are — of course — named after the company's founder. But each of these founders has a unique and oftentimes fascinating story.
It was named after a real guy named Count Stroganov. Heck, even the Kentucky Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich, was named after J. Graham Brown, the owner of the hotel where it was invented.