1942 Event 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray 1940 Event 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S. 1939 Event 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware 1939 Event Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time 1939 Event Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) 1938 Event DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon" 1938 Event Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon" 1938 Event Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles 1937 Event DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1935 Event Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1934 Event Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66) 1896 Birthday Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor, nylon
