2014 Event Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Event The world's largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange 2013 Event A Hepatitis A outbreak is linked to a fruit juice product sold by Townsend Farms; 79 people in the U.S. were effected 2012 Event Scientists regenerated specimens from Silene stenophylla, a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, substantially surpassing previous records for the oldest plant regenerated 1997 Death Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes) 1991 Death Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies 1989 Event FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S. 1966 Event Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert 1954 Event CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co 1952 Birthday Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit 1950 Birthday Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate 1948 Birthday Nick Drake, rocker, Back to Fruit Tree 1943 Event Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland 1926 Birthday Oscar Brown, Jr., U.S. songwriter, Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit 1889 Event 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east 1855 Birthday Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist, new types of fruit 1682 Birthday John van Huysum, Dutch painter, flowers/fruit
