Nylon: A Revolution in Textiles — Science History Institute

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Science Chemistry

Albert Hofmann stumbled onto the effects of LSD

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Food & Drink Beverages

Carbonated water was invented while trying to copy natural mineral springs

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Science Chemistry

DuPont's lab synthesizes the first sample of nylon

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Space Solar System

Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet

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Technology Computing & AI

Gordon Moore published the observation that became Moore's Law

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Science Chemistry

Joseph Priestley isolated oxygen gas

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Science Materials

Nylon, the first true synthetic fiber, is patented

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Technology Transportation

A human first rose into the sky in a hot-air balloon

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Space Solar System

Earth Passed Through Halley's Comet's Tail

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Science Chemistry

Bakelite: the world's first fully synthetic plastic

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