Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Waldo Semon |
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Birthdate | September 10, 1898 |
Birth Place | Demopolis, AL |
Age (in 2024) | 126 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Chemist |
Waldo Semon is best known as Chemist who has born on September 10, 1898 in Demopolis, AL. Currently, Waldo Semon is 126 years, 2 months and 11 days old. Waldo Semon will celebrate 127th birthday on Wednesday, 10th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Waldo Semon upcoming birthday.
Chemist who created the second-most common form of plastic: polyvinyl chloride - PVC, or more simply, vinyl. He won the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1944 and the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1964.
He was attempting to coat metal with rubber, trying a synthetic version of rubber, when he decided to experiment with PVC, discovering it was elastic and quite durable.
His new material was inexpensive and very versatile, going into everything from shock-absorbers to electrical insulation.
He was born in Demopolis, Alabama and moved with his family to Washington state at age of 7.
Almost 100 years before him, an Englishman by the name of Alexander Parkes created the world's first plastic, paving the way for Semon and others.
Waldo Semon is 126 years old today.
Waldo Semon was born on September 10, 1898 in Demopolis, AL.
Waldo Semon zodiac sign is Virgo.
Waldo Semon was best known as Chemist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Waldo Semon's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Waldo Semon's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1943 | World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome. |
1960 | At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. |
1961 | In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. |
1967 | The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. |
1974 | Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. |
1976 | A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. |
1977 | Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. |
2000 | Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. |
2001 | Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. |
2001 | During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant. |
2002 | Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations. |
2007 | Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. |
2008 | The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. |
2017 | Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76Â billion (2017 USD) in damage. |
2022 | Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace. |
1987 | The birth of Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress |
1987 | The birth of Alex Saxon, American actor |
1988 | The birth of Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler |
1988 | The birth of Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer |
1989 | The birth of Matt Ritchie, English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Lee Sawyer, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ricky Ledo, American basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer |
1993 | The birth of Sam Kerr, Australian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Mohamed Sylla, French rapper |
1997 | The birth of Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer |
1998 | The birth of Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Laura Taylor, Australian swimmer |
2012 | The death of John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Josef Němec, Czech boxer (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant and politician (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Jack Vance, Canadian general (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Emilio BotÃn, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of George Spencer, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918) |
2015 | The death of Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Diana Rigg, British actress (b. 1938) |
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