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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a US Federal Holiday. It commemorates civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. It is celebrated on the third Monday in January and is one of only four United States Federal holidays to honor an individual person.[1]

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  1. ↑ The other three federal holidays honoring individuals are Washington's Birthday (which is usually called called President's Day), Columbus Day, and Christmas. Most people working in banks and other government owned places get the day off. Many students get a day off from school on this day. See 5 USC 6103.
U.S. federal holidays
New Year's Day | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Presidents' Day | Memorial Day | Independence Day
Labor Day | Columbus Day | Veterans Day | Thanksgiving Day | Christmas Day
Days
Arbor Day • Ash Wednesday • Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day • César Chávez Day • Child Health Day • Christmas Eve • Christmas Day • Cinco de Mayo • Columbus Day • Confederate Memorial Day • Constitution Day • Courir de Mardi Gras • Earth Day • Easter Monday • Easter Sunday • Emancipation Day • Father's day  • Festivus • Flag Day • Four Chaplains Day • Free Comic Book Day • Gold Star Mothers Day • Good Friday • Groundhog Day • Halloween • Independence Day • Jefferson's Birthday • Juneteenth • Labor Day • Lee–Jackson Day • Leif Erikson Day • Lincoln's Birthday • Lyndon Baines Johnson Day • Mardi Gras • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • May Day (Law Day / Loyalty Day) • Memorial Day • Mother's Day • National Aviation Day • National Day of Prayer • National Defense Transportation Day • National Freedom Day • National Grandparents Day • National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day  • National Maritime Day • Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day • New Year's Day • New Year's Eve • Palm Sunday • Pan American Aviation Day • Parents' Day • Patriot Day • Patriots' Day • Peace Officers Memorial Day • Ronald Reagan Day • Robert E. Lee Day • Rosh Hashanah • Saint Joseph's Day • Saint Patrick's Day • Stephen Foster Memorial Day • Susan B. Anthony Day • Thanksgiving • Truman Day • Valentine's Day • Veterans Day • Walpurgis Night • Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day) • White Cane Safety Day • Women's Equality Day • Wright Brothers Day • Yom Kippur
Weeks
(or multiple weeks)
Chinese New Year • Constitution Week • Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust • Hanukkah • Honor America Days • Kwanzaa • National Flag Week  • National Forest Products Week  • National Friendship Week  • National Poison Prevention Week • National Safe Boating Week  • National School Lunch Week  • National Transportation Week  • Passover • Police Week  • Save Your Vision Week
Months







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