Today is the 59th day of 2024 and the 70th day of winter. T ODAY’S HISTORY: In 1935, DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon. In 1993, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas. In 1997, two heavily armed and armored bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police on the streets of North Hollywood. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI became the first Catholic…