holidays

Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)

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Radio Day

National holiday in Russia on 7 May

Radio Day, Communications Workers' Day or Radio and Television Day is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia. It takes place on 7 May, the day in 1895 on which Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrated a radio based lightning detector.
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Aleksandr Popov (physicist)

Russian physicist (1859–1906)

Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who was one of the first people to invent a radio receiving device.
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Bulgaria

Country in Southeast Europe

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia…
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May 7

Day of the year

May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 238 days remain until the end of the year.
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