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  2. Hands Across America - Wikipedia

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    Hands Across America was a public fundraising event held on Sunday, May 25, 1986, Memorial Day weekend, which attempted to create a continuous human chain of people holding hands across the contiguous United States. While approximately 5.5 million people participated, the chain was broken in many places, particularly in the Southwestern desert.

  3. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    1986: 1997: 2003: 2008: 2014: 2025: ... numerous differences exist between Decoration Day customs and Memorial Day, including that the date is set differently by each ...

  4. Uniform Monday Holiday Act - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Indianapolis 500 traditions - Wikipedia

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    In case of a rainout on Sunday, the race will be rescheduled for the following day, Monday - the Memorial Day federal holiday. Monday is the prioritized make-up date, however, if it rains again on Monday, the race will be shifted to the next available day. The 1986 race was scheduled for Sunday May 25, but was it rained out on both Sunday, and ...

  6. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster - Wikipedia

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    Date: January 28, 1986; ... at the memorial service on January 31, 1986. ... the number of reporters at KSC increased from 535 on the day of the launch to 1,467 ...

  7. When is Memorial Day? When is Labor Day? The difference ... - AOL

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    Memorial Day is a day that honors all military veterans, living and dead. This year, Memorial Day falls on May 27. Labor Day recognizes the contributions of workers in this country and the history ...

  8. What's the meaning of Memorial Day? Why we honor the holiday

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    Memorial Day was officially established as a federal holiday in 1971, but the tradition of honoring fallen soldiers began over a century prior. Originally deemed Decoration Day, the first Memorial ...

  9. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Wikipedia

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    Death and memorial. ... which they first celebrated in January 2000 – the first nationwide celebration of the day with this name. [18] In 1986, ... Dates with a ...