🎉 Waitangi Day in New Zealand (1840)
Where: Waitangi Treaty Grounds, New Zealand
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📅 On This Day: February 6
February 6, 1840: Waitangi Day in New Zealand. On 6 February 1840, Māori chiefs and British representatives first signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Waitangi in New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand marks this day as its national day. The real treaty is now on display in the He Tohu room of the National Library in Wellington.
✨ More events on this day
- 1802 💡 Charles Wheatstone was born in England; he helped build an early electric telegraph and also invented the concertina, a small squeezebox instrument.
- 1959 💡 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit, the tiny chip now found inside every phone and computer.
- 2018 🚀 SpaceX's Falcon Heavy made its first flight from Kennedy Space Center, and two of its side boosters landed back on Earth side by side. Kennedy Space Center →
🧠 Question of the day
Where is the real Treaty of Waitangi kept?
- Buckingham Palace, London
- National Library in Wellington
- Sydney Opera House
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Answer: National Library in Wellington
Questions
What happened on February 6?
February 6, 1840: Waitangi Day in New Zealand. It happened in Waitangi Treaty Grounds, New Zealand.
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