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June 13: Time: 10:32 UTC Date: December 21 << ... California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13–year–old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch
The holiday is considered the "longest-running African-American holiday" [12] and has been called "America's second Independence Day." [13] [14] Juneteenth falls on June 19 and has often been celebrated on the third Saturday in June. Historian Mitch Kachun considers that celebrations of the end of slavery have three goals: "to celebrate, to ...
June 13 is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) ... 1514 – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, ...
A Black advocate in Folsom is part of a statewide movement to urge California cities to designate Juneteenth an official public holiday in alignment with federal law and California’s designated ...
Flag Day marks the day, 246 years ago, when Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes as our national American flag. Here's how to display a U.S. flag.
Illinois is the first state to declare Malcolm X Day a holiday only in 2015. Today, the holiday is only official in Berkeley, California since 1979 with city offices closed. All federal holidays [73] February 12 – Lincoln's Birthday; November 2–8 (floating Tuesday) – Election Day (in even-numbered years)
This year's Capitol holiday tree lighting is the state's 92nd. It was also held virtually in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, when in-person gatherings of all kinds were discouraged around the ...
Juneteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. The name is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth [38] [39] and has been a federal holiday since 2021. Some states and cities have additional holidays honoring ...