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Births on July 4

1887Jul, 4

Pio Pion

Pio Pion, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1965)
Pio Pion (4 July 1887 – 15 May 1965) was an Italian entrepreneur, known for founding the first Italian company producing movie projectors, the Fumagalli, Pion & C.

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    Pope Leo XIII

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