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Each year on April 18th, radio amateurs around the world celebrate World Amateur
Radio Day. In 1913, the first recorded instance of amateur radio being used to
provide communications in a natural disaster took place during severe flooding
in the Midwest of the United States. This in part led to the formation of the
International Amateur Radio Union in 1925.

Now, event planners say that activities surrounding World Amateur Radio Day 2013
can be a great opportunity to spread the word about what amateurs are doing in
the field of disaster communications in the 21st Century. More is on-line at
www.iaru-r2.org/world-amateur-radio-day-2013. (IARU)