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FOOD HISTORY TIMELINE
1996 to 2000 - Next
1996 Olestra fat substitute is approved for use.
1996 The last Polenesian tree snail Partula turgida, died at the London Zoo. They lived on the South Pacific island of Raiatea, where the residents imported predatory snails from Florida to eat a pest snail, originally imported from Africa. Instead they ate the native Tree Snail to extinction. We never seem to learn about the consequences of introducing non-native species.
1996 Ray McIntire died. A chemical engineer who worked for Dow Chemical Company, he invented Styrofoam.
1996 David Packard died. Founder with William Hewlett of Hewlett Packard Company. Before they became famous for computers and printers etc., some of their early inventions were an automatic urinal flusher and a weight loss shock machine!
1996 The Taco Bell fast food chain played an April Food joke on the American public by claiming to have bought the Liberty Bell to help pay down the national debt.
1996 Arnold Neustadter died. Inventor of the Rolodex rotating card file.
1996 Erma Bombeck died. Writer, humorist, you will find some of her quotes about family and food on the FoodReference.com
1996 Dr. Edward Anton Asselbergs died. In 1960 Dr. Asselbergs developed the process for making instant mashed potato flakes, the patent that is still used world-wide today.
1996 The record Pacific halibut weighed 459 pounds and was caught in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
1996 Dolly the sheep was born at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dolly was the first animal cloned from an adult animal.
1996 The record catfish caught with rod and reel weighed 111 pounds and was caught in Tennesee.
1996 Mervyn Hugh Cowie died. Cowie was a British wildlife conservationist, founder and director of Kenya's Royal National Parks.
1996 Miss Universe was told to lose 27 pounds or lose her crown.
1996 World's largest grilled cheese sandwich made, 3,000 pounds.
1996 Pierre Franey died. A French chef who became famous as the chef of 'Le Pavillon' restaurant in New York City from 1945 to 1960. He published several cookbooks and collaborated with Craig Claiborne on the New York Times food column, 'The 60 Minute Gourmet'.
1996 The World Food Summit concluded. Delegates promised full efforts to ease world hunger.
1996 In 1996, the worldwide cranberry harvest produced 40 cranberries for every person on the planet.
1997 Billionaire Harry Helmsley died. Husband of the infamous Leona (Queen of Mean, Queen of Greed), his real estate holdings included the Empire State Building.
1997 Clyde W. Tombaugh died. An American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. Born on a farm near Streator, Illinois, he made his first telescope from old farm equipment parts.
1997 Lottie Williams, 48, of Tulas, Oklahoma became the only person known to have been hit by man made debris from space. She was struck on the shoulder while walking in the park, by a small piece of a used Delta II rocket that had been used to launch a military satellite in April, 1996.
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced the first successful cloning of an adult mammal, Dolly, a sheep. We have now entered the Twilight Zone; or maybe the Outer Limits.
1997 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls hit #1 on the charts
1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau died. Ocean explorer, marine biologist. Co-inventor of the aqualung.
1997 QUICK SNACKS AT WORK: Boxer Mike Tyson bites a big chunk off Evander Holyfield's ear in the 3rd round of a boxing match. He was disqualified.
1997 'Say You'll Be There' by Spice Girls hit #1 on the charts
1997 The largest food recall in U.S. history. Hudson Foods close its Nebraska plant and recalled 25 million pounds of ground beef that were potentially contaminated with E. coli 01557:H7
1997 'Honey' by Mariah Carey hit #1 on the charts
1997 Victor Mills died. He was a chemical engineer who worked for Proctor & Gamble. Among his many accomplishments, he improved Duncan Hines cake mix, and Jif peanut butter, and invented Pampers disposable diapers.
1997 Plastic bags are a serious danger to marine mammals. A 65 foot, 70 ton finback whale died off the coast of Spain. Its digestive tract had been blocked by 30 plastic bags, and several hard plastic objects.
1997 Reports from Chile about giant rats, that had been feeding on the droppings of hormone fattened poultry, were attacking farm animals near Santiago.
1997 Karl August Folkers died. He was the first to isolate vitamin B12.
1997 Fear of the 'bird flu' led Hong Kong to order its entire population of chickens, over 1 million birds, to be killed.
1998 In West Virginia if you run over a animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner. A law passed in 1998 lets drivers keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours. According to supporters of the new law, the state will the save money that had been used to have Highway Division employees remove dead animals from the road.
1998 Smoking is banned in California restaurants and bars.
1998 Walter E. Diemer died. While working for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company, he experimented with recipes for chewing gum as a hobby. (He really liked his gum!). He invented bubble gum in 1928.
1998 American researchers announced they had cloned calves that could be used in the production of medicinal milk.
1998 Bill Gates was hit with a cream pie in Brussels.
1998 A locust plague in Ethiopia was reported that covered almost 4,000 acres.
1998 The Spice Girls first U.K. concert in Glasgow.
1998 Richard McDonald died. One of the brothers who founded McDonald's restaurant. He also designed the golden arches logo.
1998 Massena 'Andy' Gump died. Inventor and portable toilet king of Southern California.
1999 This was declared 'The Year of the Restaurant' by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
1999 'Have You Ever?' by Brandy hit #1 on the charts
1999 The world's largest strawberry shortcake was created. Plant City, Florida, the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, holds the Guinness record for the world's largest strawberry shortcake. The 6,000 pound cake was made on Feb. 19, 1999 in McCall Park.
1999 Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed in the Egyptian desert, having completed the 1st 'Around the World' hot air balloon flight. According to the BBC, they carried fresh food, including bread, cheese and pre-cooked steaks to last for 6 or 7 days, after which they made due with dried foods such as cereals and powdered milk. The flight began in the Swiss Alps, took 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes, and covered 29,056 non-stop miles.
1999 In April 1999, Restaurant Nora in Washington DC became America's first certified organic restaurant. This means that 95% or more of everything that you eat at the restaurant has been produced by certified organic growers and farmers.
1999 The first minimum wage goes into effect in Britain, £3.60 an hour for adults and £3.00 an hour for those under 22 years old.
1999 The Disney film 'A Bug's Life' was released. It was the first 100% digital DVD. It was transferred directly form the digital source to DVD. (Bugs = bacteria = food spoilage)
1999 Waldo Lonsbury Semon died. Semon was an American Inventor who is credited with the invention of Vinyl. Vinyl is the 2nd most used plastic in the world. Semon held over 100 patents.
1999 After 22 years of controversial restoration, Leonardo de Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper' is returned to public display.
1999 Nicholas Vitalich is arrested for assaulting his girlfriend with a large tuna, outside a San Diego supermarket. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
1999 Forrest Edward Mars died. Son of Frank C. Mars, he helped him develop the Milky Way. He founded his own company in Europe and developed the Mars Bar, and also created M&Ms. He merged his company with his father's in 1964, creating the world's largest candy manufacturer.
1999 Aaron 'Bunny' Lapin died. Lapin was the inventor of whipped cream in an aerosol can (Reddi-Wip) in 1948.
1999 'Catfish' Hunter, baseball pitcher, died.
1999 The Russian Duma passed an animal rights bill that prohibits people from eating their pets.
2000 Smucker's introduced Uncrustables®, frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts already cut off.
2000 A truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building in Sacramento, California, killing the driver.
2000 Charles M. Schulz died. American cartoonist, best known for the 'Peanuts' comic strip.
2000 The last original 'Peanuts' comic strip is published.
2000 David Ross Brower died. Brower was the founder of many environmental organizations including the Friends of the Earth and Earth Island Institute.
2000 The music group 'The Smashing Pumpkins' play their final concert in Chicago before breaking up.
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