1987 Event 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico 1986 Event Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1957 Event "DuPont Show of the Month," debuts on CBS-TV 1950 Event 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) 1950 Event 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61) 1949 Event 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) 1949 Event 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8) 1948 Event 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) 1947 Event 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) 1944 Event 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86) 1939 Birthday Helena Dupont, U.S., equestrian 3-day even, Olympic-33rd place-1964 1938 Event DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon" 1937 Event DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1931 Event Dupont introduces synthetic rubber 1918 Birthday Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Birthday Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1914 Death Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 1878 Birthday Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer 1854 Event Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts 1821 Birthday Pierre Dupont, song writer 1803 Birthday Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy
