Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic
1907 · Event
Leo Baekeland invents Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, launching the age of modern materials.
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Around 1907
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- Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (1905)
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- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- Wright Brothers first flight (1903)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)
- Federation of Australia (1901)