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Events on Thursday 28 February 1935 1
1935Nylon first synthesisedWallace Carothers produces nylon 6,6 at DuPontDuPont chemist Wallace Carothers and his team first produced nylon 6,6, the first fully synthetic fibre to become a commercial success. It went on sale in toothbrushes and stockings a few years later.