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Henry A. Wallace was born to parents Henry C. Wallace and May Wallace in Orient IA.
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Henry displayed the first hybrid corn to public viewers.
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Wallace devolopes the fisrt commercial hybrid corn.
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Wallace founded the world's first and most successful - hybrid corn company known as "H--Bred Corn Co." It is now known as "Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc"
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The Great Depression
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The Dust Bowl Begins
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Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Wallace as the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Elected as Vice President to Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Wallace is appointed as Secretary of Commerce under Harry S. Truman.
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Wallace died from ALS (Lou Gherigs disease) in Danbury, CT. His remains were cremated at Grace Cemetery in Bridgeport, CT., and the ashes interred in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.
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