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Here are the dates to look out for this month, including when the national day of mourning is. ... Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day. Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Welcome to the new year. ... Jan. 2025 holiday schedule: MLK Jr. Day, Inauguration Day, day of mourning, National Days. When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? ... Easter is celebrated on Sunday ...
On previous national days of mourning, like after the deaths of former Presidents George H. W. Bush in 2018 and Gerald Ford in 2006, federal offices and stock markets were closed in the U.S.
This custom changed in 1968 when a national day of mourning was declared for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space. [8] [9] In the final years of the Soviet Union, official mourning was declared for 2 disasters: the 1988 Armenian earthquake and the Ufa train disaster. [10]
Biden declared a national day of mourning and federal holiday for January 9, the day of Carter's funeral service. [43] [44] Black mourning drapes were placed over portraits of Carter at Smithsonian Institution facilities, the White House, the Georgia State Capitol, the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, and other official sites. [45] [46] [47]
3.1 North America. 3.1.1 ... day mark and typically do not dance or celebrate any major events for one year. [21] [22 ... to wear mourning for two years, and was not ...
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange will be closed Jan. 9 in accordance with the national day of mourning. The Nasdaq said it would be closing trading of all U.S. equities and options that day ...
We the Wampanoags will help you celebrate in the concept of a beginning. It was the beginning of a new life for the Pilgrims. Now, 350 years later it is a beginning of a new determination for the original American: the American Indian." Frank "Wamsutta" James, first National Day of Mourning, November 26, 1970 [2] [4]