11 de febrero: día de los inventores en EEUU

En Estados Unidos el «Día de los Inventores Nacionales» se conmemora el 11 de febrero, aniversario del nacimiento de Thomas Alva Edison, según Ley Pública 97-198 de 1983

Ronald Reagan as President of the United States proclaimed February 11, 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 February 11, the anniversary of the birth of the inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who held over 1,000 patents, asNational Inventors' Day.