Feb 9, 1984
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey’s Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
World's Top 5 chocolate manufacturers
1. Mars Wrigley Confectionery, U.S.
2. Ferrero Group, Luxembourg
3. Mondelez International, U.S.
4. Meiji Co Ltd, Japan
5. The Hershey Company, U.S.
* https://fooddigital.com/food/top-10-largest-chocolate-companies
Feb 9, 1881
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, died at age 59.
Major work:
Crime and Punishment (1866)