Food & History: December 29

1908  G & JG Smith register the Glenlivet’ trademark for scotch whiskey.

1921   Robert C. Baker born, inventor of chicken nuggets and other innovative food products.

1989  Canada becomes the first to ban smoking on domestic airline flights.

1992  Canada bans the capture of beluga whales for export.

1997  Fear of the ‘bird flu’ led Hong Kong to kill over 1 million birds.