Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The story behind how the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became a federal holiday with the help of legendary musician Stevie Wonder will now be the subject of ...

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Observed federally since 1986, the holiday occurs on the third Monday of January, which this year happens to be the Rev. King's actual birthday. Born in 1929, the minister would have been 95.

After the first national King holiday was observed on Jan. 20, 1986, MLK holiday commission chair, the late Coretta Scott King, requested that a bell-ringing ceremony take place in Philadelphia at ...