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1994 Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn

1971 U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire

1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50

1969 Rhys Williams, actor 'Nightmare', 'Okinawa', 'Corn is Green', dies at 71

1968 Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit

1966 Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet, March, 1991

1949 Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer

1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (Mexico)

1938 Emlyn Williams' "Corn is Green," premieres in London

1933 Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in New York City

1932 Ivan Davis, Electra, Texas, pianist/writer, Hunger, Corn is Green

1921 Hadjememaar, Corn de Gelder, elected in Amsterdam

1906 Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.

1898 Will Kieth Kellogg invents Corn Flakes

1879 Ethel Barrymore, Philadelphia, actress, Constant Wife, Corn is Green

1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1860 Will Keith Kellogg, born in America, vegetarian, founder of Kellogg Company, pioneered process of making flaked cereal, promoted corn flakes as a healthy breakfast cereal

1849 Corn Laws abolished in Britain

1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law

1834 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter

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

1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn

1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba


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