On This Date in Minnesota History: July 18

July 18, 1977 – A patent for frozen pizza dough was filed by Rose Totino. Rose and her husband Jim had been working on a frozen version of their popular pizza, honed in their northeast Minneapolis restaurant, since the early 1960s.

http://www.google.com/patents?id=3QQ1AAAAEBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Rose+Totino&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3NFvT5zqBMPm0QHZ6fjPBg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 10-9-2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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