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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