World Sandwich Day is
celebrated annually on November 3rd. The day is held in
honour of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English
aristocrat. As the story goes, he was an avid gambler and would not leave the
card table for meals. To eat without interrupting his game or getting his
fingers greasy, he asked his servants to place meat between two slices of
bread. His friends began ordering "the same as Sandwich," and the
meal quickly gained popularity, eventually spreading worldwide and giving the
dish its name.
