In the USA there is a national holiday annually on the third Monday in January, in honour of whom?
Uniform Monday Holiday Act and Washington's (February 22), but never includes either date, popular references have given rise to the title, which recognizes both Presidents. , a dozen U.S. states officially refer to the holiday as "Presidents' Day." The Monday holiday dates this act established are: Though the holiday was not in existence at the time, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (established 1983) is celebrated on the third Monday in January, which falls on January 15–21, instead of King's actual birth date, January 15, for the same reasons, as well as to provide additional distance between it and the Christmas/New Years holidays. The law
Uniform Monday Holiday Act Uniform Monday Holiday Act The Uniform Monday Holiday Act () is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays. The Act was signed into law on June 28, 1968, and took effect on January 1, 1971. The Act moved Washington's Birthday (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), and Veterans Day (November 11) from fixed dates to designated Mondays, and established as a federal holiday Columbus Day—which had previously been celebrated in some states on October 12—to a designated Monday. The Act was designed to