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National Maritime Day, May 22, 1947. National Maritime Day is a United States federal observance created to recognize the maritime industry. It is observed on May 22, the date in 1819 that the American steamship Savannah set sail from Savannah, Georgia on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power. The holiday was created by the ...
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
See the dates for 2025 federal holidays and national days. ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day occurs on Monday, Jan. 20. 2025 holiday ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jan. 2025 ...
In the United States, Christmas Day as a federal or public holiday is sometimes objected to by various non-Christians, [15] [16] [17] usually due to its ties with Christianity. In December 1999, the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, in the case Ganulin v.
May 22: National Maritime Day; May 25: National Missing Children's Day [11] last Monday in May: Memorial Day [12] 1st Monday in June: National Child's Day; June 14: Flag Day and National Flag Week; June 19: Juneteenth [13] 3rd Sunday in June: Father's Day; July 27: National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day [14] last Sunday in July: Parent's ...
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.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald ...