Campbell's Soup Cans: (sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans) is a work of art produced between November 1961 and June 1962, by the American artist Andy Warhol. It consists of thirty-two canvases, each measuring 20 inches (51 cm) in height × 16 inches (41 cm) in width and each consisting of a painting of a Campbell's Soup can—one of each of the canned soup varieties the company offered at the time. The works were Warhol's hand-painted depictions of printed imagery deriving from commercial products and popular culture and belong to the pop art movement. (American painter of the pop art movement.  In the 1960s he made paintings of Campbell's Soup cans, Coca-Cola cans and other American products.)

Sheldon Everitt of Ansonia, Connecticut received a patent for a 'Tea Kettle.

1881 Alexander Fleming was born (died March 11, 1955). Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928 while working at St. Mary's Hospital in London.

1889 Britain's first modern luxury hotel, The Savoy Hotel, opened in London, with Cesar Ritz as manager and Auguste Escoffier as chef de cuisine. With 268 rooms, it was the first hotel in Britain lit entirely by electricity and the first with electric lifts. Most of the rooms also had hot and cold running water.

1896 Spreckels Sugar Company (beet sugar) was incorporated in Salinas, California.

1911 Lucille Ball was born.  Two of the funniest food related comedy routines ever done were the chocolate factory and the grape stomping episodes from her TV show.