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February 5, 1907
On February 5, 1907, belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
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Featured · February 5, 1907
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907.
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1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1907th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 907th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 20th…
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On February 5, 1907
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1907 Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic. Belgian chemist (1863–1944); inventor of Bakelite
Leo Hendrik Baekeland was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907.
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- April 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- August 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
- August 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.
- August 29 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- August 3 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
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