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Passed the House on June 16, 2021 (415–14) Signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances.
1911 – Computing Tabulating Recording Company ( IBM) is incorporated. 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter. 1920 – Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. 1934 – The U.S.'s Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... National Beer Day (United Kingdom) National Salvation Day ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 15–21, floating Monday) Washington's Birthday (February 15–21, floating Monday) Juneteenth (June 19) Columbus Day (October 8–14, floating Monday) Veterans Day (November 11) Established in 2021, Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday.
Festivities: These are traditional holidays to honor religious events, such as Carnival, Holy Week, Easter, etc. or public celebrations, such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, etc. Dia de la Independencia or Anniversario de la Independencia, September 16, commemorates Mexico's independence from Spain and is the most important ...
April 9: National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day. April 14: Pan American Day and Pan American Week. May 1: Loyalty Day. May 1: Law Day, U.S.A. May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day. 1st Thursday in May: National Day of Prayer. 2nd Friday in May: Military Spouse Day. 2nd Sunday in May: Mother's Day.
National Day: Independence from France in 1975. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 30 June Independence Day: Independence from Belgium in 1960. Republic of the Congo: 15 August National Day: Independence from France in 1960. Cook Islands: 4 August Constitution Day: It commemorates the self-government in free association with New Zealand in 1965 ...
In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday, [3] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday, [15] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.