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2009 Norman Borlaug, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies
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 Attorney General 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 1955 Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto' 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 1914 Norman Borlaug, born in Cresco, Iowa, humanitarian, agronomist, discoveries saved one billion lives worldwide, winner, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing contributions to world peace for methods to increase food supply, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 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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