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DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly known as DuPont, is an American company formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on August 31, 2017, and the subsequent spinoffs of Dow Inc. and Corteva. Prior to the spinoffs it was the world’s largest chemical company in terms of sales. The merger has been reported to be worth an estimated $130 billion. With 2018 total revenue of $86 billion, DowDuPont ranked No. 35 on the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States public corporations. DuPont is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, in the state where it is incorporated since the founding of the old DuPont in 1802.

Within 18 months of the merger the DowDupont was split into three publicly traded companies with focuses on agriculture (Corteva), materials science (Dow Inc.), and specialty products (DuPont).

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1650s

• 1659: MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, HAVING OUTLAWED QUAKERS, HUNG TWO WHO DEFIANTLY RETURNED TO THE COLONY. THEY WERE THE FIRST QUAKERS TO BE HANGED IN AMERICA.

1720s

• BORN 1728: JAMES COOK (NAVAL CAPTAIN & EXPLORER)

1780s

• 1780: HARVARD EXPEDITION OBSERVED SOLAR ECLIPSE IN BRITISH-OCCUPIED PENOBSCOT BAY, MAINE
• BORN 1782: NICCOLO PAGANINI (COMPOSER, VIOLINIST)

1790s

• 1795: THE TREATY OF SAN LORENZO WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN, GIVING THE UNITED STATES THE RIGHT TO NAVIGATE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

1810s

• BORN 1811: ISAAC SINGER (INVENTOR)

1850s

• BORN 1856: KENYON COX (PAINTER)
• 1858: MACY’S DEPARTMENT STORE OPENED IN N.Y.C.
• BORN 1858: THEODORE ROOSEVELT (26TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1870s

• BORN 1878: STAMEN GIGOV GRIGOROV (BULGARIAN PHYSICIAN, MICROBIOLOGIST)

1880s

• 1880: U.S. PRESIDENT-TO-BE THEODORE ROOSEVELT MARRIED ALICE HATHAWAY LEE
• BORN 1889: ENID BAGNOLD (AUTHOR)

1910s

• BORN 1911: LEIF ERICKSON (ACTOR)
• BORN 1914: DYLAN THOMAS (POET)
• 1917: AT 16, JASCHA HEIFETZ MADE HIS AMERICAN DEBUT AT CARNEGIE HALL

1920s

• BORN 1920: NANETTE FABRAY (ACTRESS)

1930s

• BORN 1932: SYLVIA PLATH (POET)
• 1938: DUPONT ANNOUNCED THE INVENTION OF NYLON
• BORN 1939: JOHN CLEESE (ACTOR)

1940s

• BORN 1940: MAXINE HONG KINGSTON (AUTHOR)
• 1949: 32-POUND BULL TROUT CAUGHT IN LAKE PEND OREILLE, IDAHO

1950s

• BORN 1950: FRAN LEBOWITZ (WRITER)
• BORN 1958: SIMON LE BON (MUSICIAN)

1960s

• 1961: SATURN I FIRST LAUNCHED

1970s

• DIED 1977: JAMES M. CAIN (NOVELIST)

1980s

• 1980: LAST PERFORMANCE OF OPERA SINGER BEVERLY SILLS

2000s

• DIED 2003: ROD RODDY (THE FLAMBOYANTLY DRESSED ANNOUNCER ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT WHOSE BOOMING VOICE INVITED AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO “COME ON DOWN!” FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS)
• 2004: THE BOSTON RED SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 86 YEARS, BEATING THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3-0 IN A FOUR-GAME SWEEP

2010s

• 2011: 16-FOOT BURMESE PYTHON CAUGHT IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
• DIED 2015: BETSY DRAKE (ACTRESS)

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