This day aims to recognize the importance of laboratories in scientific research and development.
It acknowledges the contribution of laboratories and laboratory professionals to society and to promote the value of science in improving people's lives.
This date coincides with the birthday of one of the most famous scientists in history, Sir William Lawrence Bragg.
Sir Bragg was a British physicist and chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 for his work in X-ray crystallography.