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Leo Baekeland
Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland FRSE(Hon) (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893 and Bakelite in 1907. He has been called "The Father of the Plastics Industry" for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, nonflammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.
Early life.
Leo Baekeland was born in Ghent, Belgium, on November 14, 1863, the
Allied victory.
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February 24, 1944 (Thursday).
- The Battle of Arawe in the New Britain campaign ended in Allied victory.
- The Soviet 11th Army took Rogachev.
- Finnish Prime Minister Edwin Linkomies announced that his country was ready to make peace.
- German submarine "U-257" was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic