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Herbert Henry Dow is born

Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist, known for american chemical industrialist, was born on 1866-02-26.

Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist, known for american chemical industrialist, was born on 1866-02-26. Herbert Henry Dow (February 26, 1866 – October 15, 1930) was an American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. A graduate of the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a prolific inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, notably bromine extraction from brine water, and was a successful businessman..

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Herbert Henry Dow is American chemical industrialist.

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Herbert Henry Dow

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American chemical industrialist

Events Before

  1. New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street, near Wall Street, in New York City

    The New York Stock Exchange Building (also NYSE Building) is the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), located in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

  2. Confederate Brigadier-General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary (US Civil War)

    Confederate Brigadier-General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary (US Civil War)

  3. Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States

    Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States except as punishment for a crime [1] [2]

  4. Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of Confederate forces

    Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate…

  5. General Robert E. Lee is appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies during the US Civil War

    Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate…

Events After

  1. Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York

    Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York

  2. Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia

  3. British North America Act is passed in the House of Commons, serves as Canada's constitution for more than 100 years

    Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest...

  4. Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in "The Lancet"

    Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in "The Lancet"

  5. The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (109 million in 2018 dollars), roughly 2 cents an acre

    The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (109 million in 2018 dollars), roughly 2 cents an acre

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Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist, known for american chemical industrialist, was born on 1866-02-26. Herbert Henry Dow (February 26, 1866 – October 15, 1930) was an American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. A graduate of the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a prolific inventor of chemical processes, compounds, and products, notably bromine extraction from brine water, and was a successful businessman..
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Herbert Henry Dow is American chemical industrialist.
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