1992 Event During spelling bee, Quayle misspells potato, as potatoe 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth New York City after 36 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore New York City after 17 performances 1968 Event "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances 1961 Death Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies 1952 Event Mr. Potato Head, introduced 1952 Event Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television 1917 Event Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam 1914 Birthday Justin Wilson, cajun chef, Wise Potato Chips 1877 Birthday Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist 1853 Event 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs New York) 1795 Event Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
