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1850   Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existance of the ionosphere, used to reflect radio waves.
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1918   Pope John Paul II
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1952   George Strait, singer/songwriter.
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1956   Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer.
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Events On This Day In History
1830   Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever.
1933   TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt.
1980   Mount St. Helens blew its top in Washington State.

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National "Visit Your Relatives Day", (Yes, including Mother In-Law)

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