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Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the ...
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
Memorial Day 2024: Weather forecast, when and why the holiday started. ... These rallies included 10,000 workers in New York City taking unpaid time off to march together on Sept. 5, 1882, and the ...
Business and finance A bankruptcy court appointed examiner, Susheel Kirpalani, issues a detailed report highly critical of the pre-bankruptcy restructuring of Dynegy Inc at the expense of bondholders and for the benefit of Carl Icahn and other shareholders. (Dealbook) Disasters and accidents Oxfam warns of a major food crisis in West Africa unless immediate action is taken. (Al Jazeera) One ...
Getty Images Memorial Day is one of those tricky holidays that falls on a different date from year to year, but unlike Easter, which jumps all over the spring, Memorial Day is always on the last ...
When is Memorial Day in 2024? Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 27, 2024.Yes, this makes it a long weekend! (Possibly *the* long weekend of all long weekends! 🙌) For reference, that means you ...
Business and economy The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare earth metals. (BBC) Auto manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover announces plans to hire an additional 1,000 workers in its car plant in Halewood on Merseyside, England. (BBC) Most of the largest financial institutions in the United States pass a Federal ...
Business and economy Unemployment in the United Kingdom reaches 2.67 million, the most people since 1995. (Office for National Statistics) Disasters Tropical Cyclone Lua heads towards Western Australia's Pilbara region. (Bloomberg via Business Week) The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh rises to 110 with at least 61 others missing. (AP) A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs off ...