Todays' fact...
Consuming chocolate was considered sin during the 16th and 17th century as during that time chocolate was providedin the form of drink and since drinking wine was considered sin,so was drinking chocolate.


Famous birthdays for this day ..
1304 - Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab traveler & travel writer
1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian scholar & Platonist
1500 - Emperor Charles V, king of Spain (1516-56)
1786 - Wilhelm Karl Grimm, story teller
1836 - Winslow Homer, painter
1874 - Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop for Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-17)
1885 - Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII
1890 - Marjorie Main,
1921 - Abe Vigoda, actor (Fish on Barney Miller)
1930 - Barbara Lawrence,
1934 - Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st Socialist premier
1938 - James Farentino, actor
1944 - Sheila Larkin, in NYC
1955 - Steven Jobs, Apple co-founder
1957 - Phil McConkey, NY Giant wide receiver