Happy Birthday to the beer can
On this date in 1935, the Kreuger Brewing Company released the first beer cans in Richmond, Virginia. While not an immediate hit, beer in cans soon became the #1 way Americans purchased beer.
Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.
- - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897