1940

Nylon stockings from DuPont went on general sale for the first time in the United States.

Nylon was invented in 1935 by Wallace Carothers

1990

Vincent Van Gogh’s Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $82.5 million.

The sale set a new then-world record

and then lastly…

2006

A judge formally charges Saddam Hussein with crimes against humanity

In November he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging,

He was hanged on December 30th.

-Tyler Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

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