1. By location
    Argentina  Austria, Germany and Switzerland   Hungary   Moldova  Russia  Thailand  United Kingdom 

2. See also

3. References

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

Argentina

The Inventors' Day ({{lang-es|Día 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, László József Bíró.^[1]

Austria, Germany and Switzerland

The Inventors' Day ({{lang-de|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 inventor and entrepreneur Gerhard Muthenthaler. According to the website of the organisation^[2] 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

Hungary

Moldova

Since 1995, the Republic of Moldova has celebrated an Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day annually at the end of June.^[4]

Russia

Since 1957, Russia has celebrated an Inventors' and Rationalizers' Day ({{lang-ru|День изобретателя и рационализатора}}) annually at the last Saturday of June.

Thailand

United Kingdom

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.^[6] 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===

Ronald Reagan as President of the United States proclaimed 11 February 1983 as National Inventors' Day, Proclamation 5013, 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

• The heroic theory of invention and scientific development
• World Intellectual Property Day
• World Book and Copyright Day

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