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Nikola Tesla's birthday (July 10th) to be Proclaimed "Nikola Tesla Day of Science" in Republic of Srpska
The Tesla Memorial Society of New York, with the blessing of his grace Irinej, Bishop of Eastern America, initated the Proclamation of "Tesla Day of Science" on July 10th (Tesla's birthday) in Republic of Srpska.
In 2011, "Tesla Day of Science" was Proclaimed in Serbia.
In 2002, Tesla Memorial Society of New York, together with the Tesla Forum From Australia, initiated the proclamation of the international "Nikola Tesla Day of Science" through the United Nations.
Tesla Memorial Society of New York Letter for Proclamation of "Nikola Tesla Day of Science" in Republic of Srpska:
Tesla Memorial Society Of New York
P.O. Box 863837, Ridgewood, New York 11386, USA
Tel/Fax: (718) – 417 – 5102
Website: www.teslasociety.com
E-mail: teslasociety@aol.com
Public announcement by Tesla Memorial Society of New York
Suggestion for the Government of Republic of Srpska
TESLA'S BIRTHDAY - NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY IN THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
With the blessing from His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej, Bishop of Eastern America
and on behalf of the Tesla Memorial Society from New York, we sent letters to the
Government of Republika Srpska - to Mr. Milorad Dodik, Serbian member of the
Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to Ms. Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of
Republika Srpska, with a suggestion for:
Tesla's birthday on July 10th to be the National Science Day in Republika Srpska
At the beginning of 2010 we sent a similar suggestion to Mr. Bozidar Delic, then Deputy
Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Science and Technology. In
January the same year, we started a large media campaign for the Republic of Serbia to
declare Tesla's birthday the national Science Day and to our great joy, that was done.
Besides that, November 10 is the World Science Day established by UNESCO.
In Serbia, the World Science Day was observed in 2011. The same year, besides that
day, which the Republic of Serbia observes as a member of UNESCO, the Government
established the National Science Day on July 10, the day when Nikola Tesla was born.
Given that this was ten years ago, we would like you to consider our suggestion, so that
Republika Srpska, with its more than a million inhabitants, could celebrate Tesla, one of
our greatest sons.
Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in the village of Smiljan, in the Austrian Empire,
ruled by Franz Joseph I. Tesla was born to a Serbian family: mother Georgina - Djuka,
née Mandic and father Milutin Tesla, an Eastern Orthodox Priest.
We think that besides the Serbian Orthodox Church our great people such as Nikola
Tesla, Mihailo Pupin, Mileva Maric, Milutin Milankovic, and many others… should be the
focal point for the gathering of pan-Serbian people, wherever they live.
The public doesn't know that the first memorial rites for Nikola Tesla were held at the
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Belgrade on January 23 in 2006. The memorial was
organized at the suggestion of his Holiness Archbishop, then Hieromonk Irinej, Church
Clerk of Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church for Interfaith and International
Affairs, who was elected Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand in May 2006, and Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President of Tesla Memorial Society in
New York.
As Tesla's cremation was not in accordance with his wishes, but rather with those of his
nephew and heir Sava Kosanovic, this made it possible for the memorial service to be
performed then and ever since.
We will send a similar suggestion to the Government of Montenegro. We sent one in
2010, but it was unsuccessful.
We shouldn't forget the fact that the King of Montenegro Nikola I decorated Tesla with
the Order of Prince Danilo,1 st Class, in 1895. The decoration came right after the
announcement that the first electric plant in Niagara Falls was completed based on
Tesla's patents. Numerous newspapers and scientific journals congratulated Tesla
because 9 out of 12 patents that made the power plant work were his.
Our next step is for Tesla's birthday to become an International Holiday of Nikola Tesla.
We would like to remind you that in 2002, the Tesla Memorial Society of New York,
together with its sister organization from Australia (Tesla Forum), started an action to
declare the International Day of Nikola Tesla, which should be a holiday of the progress
of humanity among all nations of the world.
For this to happen, the Government of Serbia and/or the Government of Montenegro
and/or the Government of Republika Srpska would have to send an official proposal to
the United Nations to vote in their General Assembly, as the former UN Secretary-
General Kofi Anan suggested earlier.
We were encouraged and our hopes were raised when July 18 was declared the
International Day of Nelson Mandela (on his birthday). Today people all over the world
celebrate the International Day of Nelson Mandela.
One need not mention what proclaiming an international holiday on Tesla's birthday
would mean for the image of the Serbs in the world. The respect we would gain as the
people that gave to the world such a large number of scientists would be important
today as well as in the future in all countries where Serbs live.
Marina Bulatovic, journalist and publicist, initiator of the proclamation of the "Day of
Science Nikola Tesla"
Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President of Tesla Memorial Society
Dr. Miahilo Rundo, Secretary of the German branch of Tesla Memorial Society
Jasmina Vujic, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Berkley University, California
Translation to English: Jelena Ivkovich and Branka Ristic
Proposal for Proclamation of "Nikola Tesla Day" on July 10 by United Nations
Below: Answer from Kofi Annan, Secretary General, United Nations, to the Tesla Memorial Society of New York regarding the proclamation of "Nikola Tesla Day" as an international holiday.
The Tesla Memorial Society from New York proposed to officials of the United Nations to proclaim, July 10th, Nikola Tesla's birthday as an international "Nikola Tesla Day". This day will signify a day of science, progress and brotherhood among all nations and religions. Letters were sent to:
- Hon. Kofi Annan, Secretary General, United Nations, New York
- Hon. Han Saung Soo, President of the General Assembly, United Nations
- Hon. John Negroponte, Ambassador, United States Mission to the United Nations
All three letters are identical in content. The Tesla Memorial Society from New York are asking all Tesla admirers around the world to help us achieve our goal of proclaiming July 10th, "Nikola Tesla Day", an international day celebrated by people all around the globe. This day will be a day of remembrance of Tesla's work and his contribution to humanity. This day will be important for science, peace, progress and brotherhood among nations and religions around the world.
This letter below was sent to the United Nations to proclaim "Nikola Tesla Day" on July 10th:
First Memorial Service after Tesla's Death by the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade on January 23, 2006 in Saborna Crkva
