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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.
Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, Jan. 20: Inauguration Day. When is the national day of mourning? The national day of mourning is on Thursday, Jan. 9.
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around ... The holiday in his honor is timed to honor King’s birthday on Jan. 15 ...
The list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognise and celebrate. ... Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15. Presidents’ Day: Monday
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. November 2, 1983 [23] Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who was born on January 15, 1929. Some municipalities hold parades, and since the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, it has become a day of citizen action volunteer service, sometimes referred to as the MLK Day of Service.
Born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday). The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21.
Monday, January 15, celebrates the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Though the federal holiday coincides with King’s actual birthday this year, it ...
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]