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May 30Today is Loomis Day.Also:National Creativity DayNational Water a Flower DayNational Hole In My Bucket DayNational Mint Julep DayWorld Multiple Sclerosis DayLoomis Day recognizes the man who received the patent for wireless telegraphy in 1872. The Washington, D.C. dentist, Mahlon Loomis, received US patent number 129,971 titled “An Improvement in Telegraphing” on wireless telegraphy in July of 1872 beating Guglielmo Marconi’s United Kingdom patent by nearly 25 years.