What is national umbrella day?

What is national umbrella day?

NATIONAL UMBRELLA DAY. National Umbrella Day casts a little shade on February 10th. The day honors one of the world's most useful inventions, the umbrella!

Who invented the umbrella?

The basic umbrella was probably invented by the Chinese over 4,000 years ago. But evidence of their use can be seen in ancient art and artifacts of the same period in Egypt and Greece as well. The first umbrellas were designed to provide shade from the sun.