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Obon or just Bon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars.
Date Type Incumbent Notes Elected Results (final round) Party Mayor Elected Party Mayor Anchorage, AK: Apr 2, 2024 (general) May 14, 2024 (runoff) Nonpartisan Rep. Dave Bronson: 2021: Incumbent lost re-election. Nonpartisan gain. [2] NP: Suzanne LaFrance
(See List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union.) The year listed for each capital is the starting date; the ending date is the starting date for the successor unless otherwise indicated. In many cases, capital cities of historical jurisdictions were outside of a state's present borders.
California. Polls close: 11 p.m. ET The nation’s most populous state has a notorious history of taking days and even weeks to finish off the rudimentary task of counting ballots.
Here is a list of 2025 holidays, special events, big games, cultural milestones and other key dates to mark on your calendar, including information on the Super Bowl and movie releases.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]