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Tuesday Aug 09, 2022. Today is day #221 with 144 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1991 English actress Alice Barlow.

Random celebrity death: In 2015 Turkish painter Fikret Otyam.

Random historical event: In 1892 American inventor Thomas Edison was awarded a patent for his two-way telegraph.

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Thursday June 02, 2022. Today is day #153 with 212 days left in 2022.

Random celebrity birth: In 1928 Hungarian singer Erzsi Kovács.

Random celebrity death: In 2014 Indian movie director Anjan Das.

Random historical event: In 1896 Marconi applied for a patent for the wireless telegraph.

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June 02 2020. Today is day #154 with 212 days left in 2020.

Random celebrity birth: In 1935 Greek poet Dimitri Kitsikis.

Random celebrity death: In 2013 Canadian pianist Mario Bernardi.

Random historical event: In 1896 Guglielmo Marconi applied to patent the wirless telegraph which was granted 13 months later on 2 July 1897.

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Jan 06 2020. Today is day #6 with 360 days left in 2020.

Random celebrity birth: In 1987 Chinese swimmer Zhang Lin.

Random celebrity death: In 2015 English meteorologist Basil John Mason.

Random historical event: In 1838, American inventors Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail, demonstrated their telegraph machine at the Speedwell Ironworks factory in New Jersey.

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June 02, 2019. Today is day #153 with 212 days left in 2019.

Random celebrity birth: In 1980 Polish bassist Tomasz Wróblewski.

Random celebrity death: In 2013 Canadian pianist Mario Bernardi.

Random historical event: In 1896 Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi applied for a patent for his wireless telegraph using radio waves.

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Today is day #137 with 228 days left in 2015.

Random celebrity birth: In 1836 Belgian poet Virginie Loveling.

Random celebrity death: In 1510 Italian painter Sandro Botticelli.

Random historical event: In 1865 the International Telegraph Union was established in Paris, France.

 

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Today is day #171 with 194 days left in 2014.

Random celebrity birth: In 1869 Indian businessman Laxmanrao Kashinath Kirloskar who founded the Kirloskar Group and the town of Kirloskarwadi.

Random celebrity death: In 1952 Italian race car driver Luigi Fagioli.

Random historical event: In 1840 Samuel Morse was awarded the patent for the telegraph.

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Today is day #61 with 304 days left in 2014.

Random celebrity birth: In 1922 American saxophonist, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis.

Random celebrity death: In 1949 Indian poet, Sarojini Naidu.

Random historical event: In 1791 the semaphore telegraph was unveiled in Paris, France.

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Today is day #171 with 194 days left in 2013.

Random celebrity birth: In 1005 Egyptian caliph, Ali az-Zahir.

Random celebrity death: In 1998 former soldier in the East German Bereitschaftspolizei, Hans Conrad Schumann, who defected to West Germany by jumping over a barbed wire fence while the Berlin wall was still being constructed.

Random historical event: In 1840 Samuel Morse received the patent for the telegraph.

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Today is day # 138 with 228 days left in 2012.
Random celebrity birth: In 1906, Croatian soprano, Zinka Milanov.
Random celebrity death: In 1987, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate, Gunnar Myrdal.
Random historical event: In 1865, The International Telegraph Union is established in Paris.