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Whiskey


1993 Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81

1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle

1897 Basil Radford, born in Chester, England, actor, Whiskey Galore, Night Train

1876 President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-U.S. activities

1794 Whiskey Rebellion begins

1789 Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn by Elijah Craig, Bourbon, Kentucky

1495 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller


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