Editing 1900s (section)

===Food===
* U.S. [[New Haven, Connecticut]] Louis Lassen of [[Louis' Lunch]] makes the first modern-day [[hamburger]] [[sandwich]]. According to family legend, one day in 1900 a local businessman dashed into the small New Haven lunch wagon and pleaded for a lunch to go. According to the Lassen family, the customer, Gary Widmore, exclaimed "Louie! I'm in a rush, slap a meatpuck between two planks and step on it!".<ref name="bbq">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/stevenraichlensb0000raic | url-access=registration | quote=Louis Lunch. | title=BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America | publisher=Workman Publishing | date=2003 | access-date=28 May 2014 | author=Raichlen, Steven | pages=[https://archive.org/details/stevenraichlensb0000raic/page/336 336]–337| isbn=9780761120155 }}</ref><ref name="colin">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHEbAgAAQBAJ&q=Louis+Lunch&pg=PA108 | title=Legendary Locals of New Haven | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | author=Caplan, Colin | year=2013 | pages=108–109| isbn=9781467100960 }}</ref>  Louis Lassen, the establishment's owner, placed his own blend of ground steak trimmings between two slices of toast and sent the gentleman on his way, so the story goes, with America's alleged first hamburger being served.<ref name="ctm">{{cite web | url=http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=4954 | title=Burger at Louis' Lunch | publisher=Connecticut Museum Quest | access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref>