In preparing corn for home. use, it is reported (8) that 35 percent of the. total ear weight in the husk is removed as husk. and trimmings. Research last year showed that. shelf life of sweet corn could be extended by. trimming the shank (9).
Vladimir Lenin dies. Vladimir Lenin, the architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. In the early 1890s, Lenin abandoned his law career to devote himself to Marxist study and the provocation of revolutionary activity among Russian workers.
â¢ Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies aged 76, Kremlin confirms. â¢ Russian news agencies report Yeltsin died of heart failure Monday afternoon. â¢ National day of mourning, funeral to take place on Wednesday. â¢ Former Soviet leader Gorbachev says Yeltsin suffered a tragic fate.