legal holiday

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And only in 1879 was his birthday formally made into a legal holiday for federal employees in the District of Columbia.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

President Ronald Regan signed Dr. King’s birthday into federal law in 1983, but by 1990, Montana, New Hampshire and Arizona still had not made the day a legal holiday.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2022

The date became a legal holiday in 1879, and was later included in the Monday Holiday Law — which created the three-day weekend holiday — in 1968.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022

Although King was assassinated in 1968, legislation designating the third Monday in January—near his Jan. 15 birthday—as a legal holiday to honor him did not pass until 1983.

From Time • Jan. 13, 2017

A legal holiday is dependent upon state and territorial legislation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various