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International Day of Light
May 16 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Every year on May 16, people around the world observe the International Day of Light. The day honours the date of physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman’s first productive laser operation in 1960. UNESCO’s International Basic Science Programme (I.B.S.P.) coordinates the day’s celebration on behalf of the United Nations.