{"id":9275,"date":"2021-02-11T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T21:06:30","slug":"national-inventors-day-celebrating-the-heroes-of-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/national-inventors-day-celebrating-the-heroes-of-manufacturing","title":{"rendered":"National Inventors\u2019 Day: Celebrating the Heroes of Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is National Inventors\u2019 Day?<\/h2>\n

U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Inventors’ Day in the United States on February 11, 1983. Every year on Thomas Alva Edison\u2019s birthday, the United States celebrates National Inventors\u2019 Day to honor the contributions of inventors whose inventions have revolutionized innovation and growth in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is National Inventors\u2019 Day always on February 11?<\/h2>\n

Many other countries have established a National Inventors\u2019 Day, but not always on February 11, as they often choose to highlight the birthday of an inventor or engineer from their own country. Ronald Reagan recognized the US holiday on Thomas Edison\u2019s birthday for his fame and contributions as an American inventor and engineer in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are over 1,000 patents in Thomas Edison\u2019s name for inventions including the incandescent light bulb and the phonograph. The automobile battery he designed for the self-starter in 1912 for use in Henry Ford\u2019s Model T vehicle was used in the auto industry for decades. He founded 14 companies, one that would become General Electric, and his inventions were considered breakthroughs for modernizing the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Which Inventors Revolutionized Manufacturing?<\/h2>\n

While the manufacturing industry (both domestic and global as industrialization grew) benefited from Thomas Edison\u2019s inventions, there are many other inventors who have contributed to the manufacturing industry worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today we will celebrate some of the inventors who have shaped the manufacturing world through our <\/span>Heroes of Manufacturing<\/span><\/a> series. Learn about the minds and origins behind the processes and products that shape manufacturing today!<\/span><\/p>\n