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Here’s a quick rundown of the days the stock market will be closed in 2025. Knowing these dates helps you plan your ...
The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will be closed Thursday, June 19, and open again for normal trading hours on Friday, ...
That means the stock market and banks are closed. Also known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day," it denotes the day in 1865 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure all enslaved ...
The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...
Dating back to 1867, when the Freedmen’s Bureau organized the first parade, picnic, and festival in Austin, there has been a celebration of Juneteenth in the historically African American Eastside ...
An annual yard sale that draws hundreds of shoppers and raises thousands of dollars for local nonprofits is coming again on June 21 and 22.
The May 11, 1934, edition of The Times described the previous day as "probably the worst dust storm in the history of the state," with visibility reduced to less than ¾ of a mile for 20 ...