1983 Event U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign $10 billion grain pact 1981 Event U.S. ends grain embargo against U.S.S.R. 1977 Event 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes 1972 Event U.S. sells grain to U.S.S.R. for $750 million 1963 Event West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R. 1930 Event Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress 1905 Event Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam 1888 Birthday Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer, Grain of Wheat 1848 Birthday Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer, Against the Grain 1794 Event 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) 1694 Event Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
