Nikola Tesla Day
July 10 · Level 9 · #340 of 2238
Nikola Tesla was born on this day in 1856, and the engineer and inventor is remembered for his work on alternating current and electromagnetism. People honour him especially in Serbia and Croatia, and science fans mark the day around the world.
How it is celebrated: lectures, exhibitions and guided visits take place in Serbia and Croatia, and visitors gather in Smiljan, the village where he was born, to remember him. Students often try out small electricity experiments.
The unit of magnetic flux density in the International System of Units is called the tesla, a name adopted in 1960.