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Dupont
1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico

1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97

1957 "DuPont Show of the Month," debuts on CBS-TV

1950 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)

1950 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)

1949 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)

1949 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)

1948 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13)

1947 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)

1944 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)

1939 Helena Dupont, U.S., equestrian 3-day even, Olympic-33rd place-1964

1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"

1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers

1931 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber

1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion

1918 Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50

1914 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36

1878 Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer

1854 Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts

1821 Pierre Dupont, song writer

1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1865



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