In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the national holiday has never coincided with the inauguration of a non-incumbent president. That changes ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 years. It’s the only federal holiday where you take a “day on, not a day off.” In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law ...

In 2025, Jan. 20 falls on the month’s third Monday, bringing together two important national events: Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr ... of President Bill Clinton in 1997 and the ...

In 1997, Bill Clinton was the last president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Clinton noted that 34 years ago, King had shared words at the other end of the National Mall “that ...

Monday, Jan. 20 marks a federal holiday, but it’s not for Inauguration Day — it’s in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... other being President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration ...

Former President Bill Clinton's 1997 inauguration was the ... signed a bill marking the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. The holiday was observed for the first ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King ... succeeded in making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a nationally observed holiday. On Nov. 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill making the third Monday ...

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The date was Aug. 28, 1963. An estimated quarter of a million people came to Washington D.C. on a sun-filled day to march for jobs and civil rights. The peaceful protest culminated with the Rev ...