On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R.3706 - A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday. The act declared the third Monday of January a federal holiday to be celebrated in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday was January 15. It was the first national federal holiday to have been instituted since Memorial Day and Columbus Day had been enacted in 1968. I often wonder wha

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