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Serves as the traditional end of the Christmas and holiday season. [22] January 15–21 (3rd Monday) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. November 2, 1983 [23] Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who was born on January 15, 1929. Some municipalities hold parades, and since the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, it has become ...
New Year's Day (January 1) [11] Memorial Day (May 25–31, floating Monday) Independence Day (July 4) Labor Day (September 1–7, floating Monday) Thanksgiving (November 22–28, floating Thursday) Christmas (December 25) Other federal holidays are less widely observed by businesses. These include: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 15–21 ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
Jan. 15: Blue Monday, Civil Rights Day, Elementary School Teacher Day, National Bagel Day, ... National Storytelling Week (Jan. 30—Feb. 6) January Monthly Holiday and Observances.
Our list of national holidays and observances in January 2023 goes beyond New Year's and MLK Day with fun festivities to celebrate, like National Spaghetti Day. ... Monday, Jan. 30. National ...
2023 (Monday) 2022 (Sunday) ... 2016 (Saturday) January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 335 days ... Holidays and observances.
On Nov. 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill making the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of King’s legacy. The holiday was first observed three years later on Jan. 20, 1986.
The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. The Monday observance is similar for those federal holidays which fall under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983 ...