Monday, January 19, 2009

Jan 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A "schedule alert" day in the USA
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Some people may wish or just take time off work on this day. Some employees have a statutory holiday on this day.

This day commemorates the leader of the "Civil Rights" movement in USA. People of all races and religions have benefited from the sacrifices and accomplishments made by this great man. He was a Nobel Prize winner (Peace Prize 1964) and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Multicultural Calendar

January 2009

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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