Important
celebrations / observances
Ronald
Reagan Day (California)
Sami National Day (Russia, Finland,
Norway and Sweden)
Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding
of New Zealand in 1840.
Events
1819
– Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
founds Singapore.
1840 – Signing of the Treaty of
Waitangi, establishing New Zealand
as a British colony.
1900 – The international arbitration
court at The Hague is created
when the Senate of the Netherlands
ratifies an 1899 peace conference
decree.
1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments
files the first patent for an
integrated circuit.
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