Howard’s An Agricultural Testament
Sir Albert Howard, one of the pioneers of organic agriculture, publishes his work An Agricultural Testament.
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First Windmill Use
The Persian scholar Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Mas’udi (c. 896-956) is among the first to record the use of simple vertical-shaft windmills in Sistan, Persia.
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Commercialization of Cultivated Tobacco
The first nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) plants are cultivated in Jamestown, Virginia.
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McDonald’s affair
Demonstrating against hormone-treated beef, protesters destroy a McDonald’s restaurant in Millau, France.
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