Tag: vulcanized rubber

This day in history we feature, vulcanized rubber. Charles Goodyear was an American self-taught chemist who patented vulcanized rubber on this day in 1844. Trivia – Vulcanized Rubber Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber when he accidentally dropped some India rubber mixed with sulfur on a hot stove and so discovered vulcanization. His discovery initiated decades of […]

O’Shea Jackson, known professionally as Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor, and filmmaker born on this day in 1969. Did you know that: • Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for vulcanized rubber on this day in 1844• The world’s first moving pictures were caught on camera on this day in 1878 to see […]