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October 8 – President Obama establishes César E. Chávez National Monument, encompassing the former headquarters of the United Farm Workers and the gravesite of Cesar Chavez in Keene, California. [231] October 9 Frenchman Serge Haroche and American David Wineland win the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum optics. [232]
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code , in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.
The holiday season was a heck of a party for retailers, but consumers are now nursing a shopping hangover that will keep them out of the nation's stores in January and February. While November and ...
2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
The 2012 holiday shopping season officially began on the East Coast when stores including Walmart, Toys R Us and Sears started their Black Friday sales at 8 p.m., the earliest ever start for the ...
Makers of smartphones are expecting a blockbuster holiday season. According to International Data Corporation, a leading provider of market intelligence, smartphones are likely to grow 39.5%, year ...
In Poland during holidays on 1 and 3 May, when taking a few days of leave can result in 9-day-long holidays; this is called The Picnic (or Majówka). In Japan, golden-week lasts roughly a full week. Then, in 2007, the law was amended so that if any 2 public holidays occur both on a weekday and are separated by a day, then that intermediate day ...
UGG for Men Launches New "Pink Slip" Integrated Campaign for Holiday 2012 Featuring Tom Brady NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- UGG® Australia, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQGS: DECK ...