Inventors' Day
is a day of the year set aside by a
country
to recognise the contributions of
inventors
. Not all countries recognise Inventors' Day. Those countries which do recognise an Inventors' Day do so with varying degrees of emphasis and on different days of the year.
By location
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Argentina
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The Inventors' Day (
Spanish
:
Dia del Inventor
) in
Argentina
has been celebrated since 1986 and is held yearly on 29 September, the birthday of the inventor of the
ballpoint pen
,
Laszlo Jozsef Biro
.
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Austria, Germany and Switzerland
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The Inventors' Day (
German
:
Tag der Erfinder
) in the German-speaking countries
Germany
,
Austria
and
Switzerland
is celebrated on 9 November, the birthday of the Austrian-born inventor and
Hollywood
actress
Hedy Lamarr
whose main
invention
was the
frequency-hopped spread spectrum
1942.
The day was proclaimed by
Berlin
inventors
and
entrepreneurs
Gerhard Muthenthaler
and
Marijan Jordan
. According to the website of the organisation
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it intends to pursue the following goals:
- Encourage people towards their own ideas and for a change to the better
- Remind people of forgotten inventors
Brazil
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The Inventors' Day (
Portuguese
: Dia do Inventor) in Brazil is celebrated on 4 November.
Hungary
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Hungarian Inventors' Day
(
Magyar Feltalalok Napja
) is celebrated on 13 June in memoriam of
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
who registered his national patent about the synthesized
Vitamin C
in 1941. It is celebrated by the Association of Hungarian Inventors (MAFE) since 2009.
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Moldova
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Since 1995, the
Republic of Moldova
has celebrated an
Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day
annually at the end of June.
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Russia
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Since 1957,
Russia
has celebrated an
Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day
(
Russian
:
День изобретателя и рационализатора
) annually at the last Saturday of June.
Thailand
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Thailand
recognises 2 February as
Inventors' Day
each year. The
Thai Cabinet
set this date to commemorate the anniversary of His Majesty King
Bhumibol Adulyadej
’s allocation of a patent for a
slow speed surface aerator
on 2 February 1993.
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United Kingdom
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While as of yet, the United Kingdom does not officially recognize an Inventor's Day, in 2014
BT
made a public appeal to celebrate "the first" National Inventor's Day on 2 December 2014. While many countries celebrate inventiveness on a significant day relating to one of that country's inventors, 2 December does not appear to have such a relationship. However, the day was also the release of a study by BT of the inventiveness of UK residents.
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As of 9 November 2016 there has not been any announcement of a second or subsequent National Inventor's Day in the United Kingdom.
United States
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Ronald Reagan
as
President of the United States
proclaimed 11 February 1983 as
National Inventors' Day
,
Proclamation 5013
Archived
2014-04-10 at the
Wayback Machine
, to "...call upon the people of the
United States
to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities".
In recognition of the enormous contribution
inventors
make to the nation and the world, the
Congress
, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 140 (Public Law 97 ? 198), has designated 11 February, the anniversary of the birth of the inventor
Thomas Alva Edison
, who held over 1,000
patents
, as
National Inventors' Day
.
See also
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References
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