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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Holidays in the United States of America For other uses, see Public holidays in the United States (disambiguation). Public holidays in the United States Public • Paid • Federal • Observance • School • Hallmark Observed by Federal government State governments Local governments ...
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. On 28 March 2007 the government added the traditional holiday commemorating the mythical Hùng kings to its list of public holidays, [1] increasing the number of days ...
The holiday was proposed by Representative Lee Zeldin in H.R. 5303 and Senator Marsha Blackburn in S. 2735 in September 2021. [42] September 15–21 (3rd Monday) Native Americans' Day: The holiday was petitioned for and introduced in Congress multiple times but was unsuccessful. The proclamation exists today as "Native American Awareness Week ...
April 3 to 9: National Public Health Week. April 4 to 9: National Wildlife Week. April 6 to 13: National Robotics Week. April 7 to 13: National Library Week. April 10 to 15: World Music Therapy ...
In 1926, Congress passed a bill making Armistice Day an annual national holiday. Years later, Alvin J King from Emporia, Kansas, lobbied to have the name changed to Veterans Day.
April 1 is the 91st day of the year ... 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. [35] ... Holidays and observances
1 April: April Fools' Day: 1. April: The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. [citation needed] 9 April: German invasion of Denmark: Danmarks besættelse: Historic date.
Some historians suggest that April Fools' originated because, in the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on 25 March in most European towns, [10] with a holiday that in some areas of France, specifically, ended on 1 April, [11] [12] and those who celebrated New Year's Day on 1 January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates by ...