The Life and Times of
Linda Jeanne Humpf Calvert

1940's

1944 The American Cancer Society (ACS) is reorganized, chiefly under the wing of Albert Lasker (an advertising tycoon) and Elmer Bobst (president of two drug companies, Hoffman LaRoche and Warner Lambert). Mary Lasker in New York was the driving force of the ACS for decades. The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which is based on the Lasker advertising fortune, provides the impetus to dominate cancer research.

Asperger in Vienna describes the first cases of adult "autism" to appear.

1945 - 1949 Chinese Civil War

Dr. Edwin Katzen-Ellenbogen, former member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School, sentenced to life in prison at Nuremberg for his role at Buchenwald.

Due to the severity of the war crimes committed by IG Farben during World War II, after the war it was split into several smaller companies which then recombined themselves into Agfa, BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst - with several convicted war criminals running those companies.

Fourth Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945

Japan surrenders twice, followed by US bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki and a third and final unconditional surrender September 2, 1945.

Postwar nitrate supplies designated to be added to food chain as fertilizer.

The German Surrender Documents of World War II May 8, 1945

The Japanese Surrender Documents of World War II Sept. 12, 1945

1946 - 1954 First Indochina War

1947 - 1949 First Kashmir War between India and Pakistan

Betty Crocker's cake mix introduced

The Truman Doctrine Mar. 12, 1947

1948 - 1949 First Arab-Israeli War

1948 Gandhi is assassinated

Frozen french fries & ready-to-spread frostings introduced

The North Atlantic Treaty Apr. 4, 1949

Birth

Linda Jeanne Humpf Calvert born on August 23, 1949

1949 Mao Tse Tung declares the Communist People's Republic of China

Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman 1949

Instant pudding & seedless watermelon introduced

1950's

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1950 - 1953 Korean War (UN-led coalition Vs. North Korea)

Frozen pizza & American Tex-Mex introduced

Start of Chinese Communist attack on Buddhism

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1952 Elizabeth II becomes Queen of England

AAA distributes 40 million state, regional, and city maps to its members in 1952

Diet soda & Duncan Hines cake mixes introduced

Formation of World Fellowship of Buddhists

4

First Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953

TV Dinners introduced

5

Ranch dressing & Broasted chicken introduced

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1956 Suez Crisis (Second Arab-Israeli War)

Interstate Highway Act of 1956 funds a new era of highway construction

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Second Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1957

Tang & Pam introduced

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Rice-A-Roni & instant ramen noodles introduced

1960's

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Brown rice in USA introduced

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Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy 1961

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1962 - 1963 Sino-Indian War

Instant mashed potatoes introduced

14

1963 Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam, is assassinated

Martin Luther King Jr's I Have A Dream Speech Aug. 28, 1963

President Kennedy is assassinated

15

1964 - 1973 Vietnam War between US-led coalition including government of South Vietnam and coalition including Viet Cong and North Vietnam

Buffalo Wings & Pop Tarts & fast food chicken sandwiches introduced

16

1965 Second Kashmir War (Second Indo-Pakistani War)

Gatorade & Slurpees introduced

Inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson 1965

State Department White Paper on Vietnam Feb. 27, 1965

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1967 Six-Day War (Third Arab-Israeli War)

High fructose corn syrup introduced

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Treaty on the Non

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Linda Jeanne Humpf Calvert married Samuel Edward Calvert on September 06, 1969

1969 Football War between Honduras and El Salvador.

1969 Ho Chi Minh dies in Hanoi

First Inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon 1969

1970's

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Her son, Lance Edward Calvert, born on October 06, 1970

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1971 Bangladesh War of Independence (Third Indo-Pakistani War)

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More than 250 million road maps printed for just the oil companies to distribute in 1972

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1973 Yom Kippur War (Fourth Arab-Israeli War)

Arab oil embargo of 1973 tightens profits for oil companies and free road maps become less available

Second Inauguration of President Richard M. Nixon 1973

The War Powers Resolution Nov. 7, 1973

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Her son, Jared John Calvert, born on April 22, 1974

1974 - 1991 Ethiopian Civil War

AAA distributes 180 million maps in 1974

Self-service gas stations begin appearing in 1974 and by 1984 replace most full service tations and eliminates free road maps

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1975 - 1991 Lebanese Civil War

1975 Margaret Thatcher becomes British Prime Minister

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Inauguration of President Jimmy Carter 1977

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Pope John Paul

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1979 - 1989 Soviet-Afghan War

1980's

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1980 - 1988 Iran-Iraq War

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First Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan 1981

Yukon gold potatoes introduced

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1982 Falklands War between United Kingdom and Argentina

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Second Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan 1985

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1989 - 1990 Operation Just Cause, United States invades Panama

Inauguration of President George H. W. Bush 1989

1990's

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1991 - 1995 Croatian War of Independence

1991 Gulf War between Iraq and UN-led coalition

1991 Slovene War of Independence

The Civil Rights Act of 1991

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1992 - 1995 Bosnian Civil War

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First Inauguration of President William J. Clinton 1993

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1994 - 1996 First Chechen War

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Her child, Lance Edward Calvert, married Pamela Sue Hedrick on February 17, 1996

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Second Inauguration of President William J. Clinton 1997

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Her child, Jared John Calvert, married Shannon Leigh Daniels Calvert on June 27, 1998

1998 - 1999 Kosovo War (NATO Vs. Yugoslavia)

Grape tomatoes introduced

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1999 Second Chechen War

2000's

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2001 Invasion of Afghanistan

Address of President Bush on the start of strikes against Al Qaeda and the Taliban October 7, 2001

First Inauguration of President George W. Bush 2001

Terrorist Bombing of the World Trade Towers in NYC September 11, 2001

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2003 Invasion of Iraq

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Second Inauguration of President George W. Bush 2005

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Her father, John E. Humpf, III, died on May 24, 2006

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Inauguration of President Barack H. Obama 2009