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Events

1895 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates the first radio receiver.

1952 - The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.

Births

1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician

1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate

Deaths

1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer

1941 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist

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