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(1934) The Auto-Lite Strike, which culminated in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers, began. April 13 (1792) Major General Anthony Wayne , where Wayne County, Ohio gets its name from, was summoned by George Washington to lead an army against the Indians of the Northwest Territory .
The last living pioneer died January 1, 1968. Her name was Hilda Erickson and she was 108 years old. There was no parade between 1932 and 1934 because of the Great Depression, in 1943 because of World War II , or in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic .
Rosa Parks Day, observed in Missouri on February 4, in California and Michigan on the following Monday, and in Ohio on December 1; A significant African-American cultural celebration is Kwanzaa, observed from December 26 to January 1. [40] Created by Maulana Karenga in 1966, the holiday honors African heritage in African-American culture. [41]
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
January 22. Celebration of Life Day. Lunar New Year. Come in From the Cold Day. National Blonde Brownie Day. National Grandpa Day. National Hot Sauce Day. National Polka Dot Day. January 23.
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The pageant traces its roots to the early 1920s and the "Cumorah Conference" of the Eastern States Mission, [4] which was held each year annually in late July. Mission president B. H. Roberts would take some of his missionaries from New York City and travel to Palmyra and the recently acquired Smith Family Farm to celebrate Pioneer Day, acting out scenes from the Book of Mormon and LDS Church ...
Except the holiday season does not always feel restful, Christ was likely not born on December 25 and not all Christians around the world celebrate his birth on that particular day. Christmas was ...