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2004
William Mitchell, food scientist, invented Pop Rocks, dies at 92
2000
Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79
1997
Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62
1996
Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at 73
1995
Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85
1991
U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
1983
Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free and that's easier than paying for it"
1976
Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
1974
Fairuza Balk, The Craft, Gas Food Lodging
1970
Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food
1962
President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
1961
Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies
1959
Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
1958
Clark Brandon, New York City, actor, Fast Food
1955
Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois
1954
Food rationing ends in Britain
1950
Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate
1945
UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence
1945
1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
1945
Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1945
Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
1944
Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
1943
Food rationing begins in U.S.
1942
Food 1st rationed in U.S.
1941
Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire, Union International
1939
Food stamps are 1st issued
1936
David Thompson, British food magnate and multi-millionaire
1930
Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food
1920
Craig Claiborne, food columnist, New York Times Cookbook
1918
Food riot in Amsterdam
1912
World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1910
Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector
1906
Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted
1894
Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry
1848
1st pure food law enacted in U.S.
1825
Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans
1752
Nicolas Appert, inventor, food canning, bouillon tablet
1693
Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages
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