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Martin Luther King Jr. Day occurs on Monday, Jan. 20. 2025 holiday schedule: See full list of dates for Easter, Memorial Day, federal holidays, more. Are MLK Day and Inauguration Day on the same day?
Inauguration Day coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 20. When does Ramadan 2025 begin? Ramadan is expected to begin on Friday, Feb. 28 or Saturday, March 1, depending on the ...
In Arizona: "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day". [27] In Arkansas: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Robert E. Lee's Birthday" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October.
The city of Riviera Beach plans to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend with its 40th annual Celebration of the Dream Parade at 10 a.m., Saturday.
Though the holiday was not in existence at the time, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, which was established in 1983 and first observed in 1986, is celebrated on the third Monday in January, which falls on January 15–21, instead of King's actual birth date, January 15, for the same reasons. [5]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in cities and states throughout the United States beginning in 1971; the federal holiday was first observed in 1986. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.
Given that Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday (one of 11 each year), a majority of schools, government agencies and banks will be closed in observance of the day.
A United States federal statute honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and his work in the civil rights movement with a federal holiday was enacted by the 98th United States Congress and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 2, 1983, creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.