Monday marks an unusual coincidence with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, falling on the same day as Donald Trump's second inauguration, which may prompt questions about whether ...

Here’s everything to know about MLK Day, including how it became a federal holiday. The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther ...

the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day. King’s actual birthday is on January 15, but the federal ...

U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov. 2, 1983 ...

Grant two weeks earlier. The holiday spread to the other 10 Confederate states, with some changing it to locally important dates. Confederate Memorial Day and Lee's birthday were enshrined in ...

Supporters, meanwhile, were still calling for federal holiday status. In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or MLK Day, is observed annually on the third Monday in January. The 2025 holiday falls on Jan. 20. Although MLK Day is on Jan. 20 this year, King's birthday is Jan. 15.

What to know:What's open and closed on MLK Day? Is it a federal holiday? Here's what to know But with this year's federal holiday falling on the same day as Inauguration Day — occurring only for ...

In 1992, Arizona became the first state where voter initiative reinstated the King holiday. Supporters took a victory lap the next MLK Day with a packed arena concert attended by Wonder and other ...

His legacy is still alive 56 years later. Most people are given the day off from work and school in observance of the federal holiday. Arizonans might spend the long weekend getting things done ...

As a result, the 20th Amendment moved up Inauguration Day to Jan. 20. Only for some Americans. If you live in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, this is an additional holiday and the 12th ...

Trump's Inauguration Day also falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday. But is it normally a federal holiday? Technically, yes. But the answer might surprise you.