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Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday in parts of the Southern US, commemorating the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. [1] In the wake of the Civil Rights movement, many historians have argued that the holiday is rooted in the Lost Cause myth prevalent throughout the Southern United States, as Lee was a central figure in Lost Cause mythology due to his social status, military exploits, and ...
Law and crime Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who had accused President Cristina Kirchner of covering up Iranian links to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in order to open up trade with Iran, dies of a gunshot wound to the head with the type of death still undetermined. (AFP via Yahoo! News) London's Southwark Crown Court hears evidence in the first trial on female ...
January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian ... 1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015) 1922 ... Holidays and observances
January Holidays and Observances. Good Housekeeping. January 1. New Year's Day. National Hangover Day. Apple Gifting Day. ... January 19 . National Popcorn Day. National Tin Can Day. January 20 .
International relations The Palestine Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the International Criminal Court. (Wall Street Journal) The Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia comes into effect (Novinite) Law and crime Vietnam ’s new marriage law goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the ...
January 1 to 7: Celebration of Life Week, Diet Resolution Week, New Year’s Resolutions Week, National Silent Record Week January 8 to 14: National Mocktail Week, National Pizza Week, Home Office ...
In 1987, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added as a federal holiday for the third Monday in January, and in that year the Texas Legislature made it an optional state holiday, and in 1991 they made MLK Day an official state holiday. In some years (1987, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2026) MLK Jr. Day and Confederate Heroes Day fall on the same day. [46]
The January holidays and special observances in 2025 include National Spaghetti Day, Houseplant Appreciation Day, and more. ... January 19 — National Popcorn Day.