Dawes Act signed into law / Leo Baekeland announced Bakelite - February 8

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1887, U.S. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes General Allotment Act into law. / On this day in 1909, Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite to the public. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.