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Martin Luther King Day

American  

noun

  1. the third Monday in January, a legal holiday in the United States commemorating the birthday (Jan. 15) of Martin Luther King, Jr.


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"We're very excited to be inaugurated on Martin Luther King Day, I like sharing the day."

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025

They’re being held on Monday, which is a holiday: Martin Luther King Day, to be exact.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024

The last time the caucuses landed on Martin Luther King Day was in 2004, when Democrat John Kerry won Iowans’ support.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

But with no realistic prospects for resolution, Fox and the academy decided in mid-August to change the show date to Jan. 15, 2024, Martin Luther King Day, at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

And when AT&T crashed on Martin Luther King Day, 1990, this lent a credence to his claim that genuinely alarmed telco security and the Secret Service.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce