On this November 2, 1983, a federal holiday was declared in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the bill signed by President Ronald Reagan, every third Monday in January would from then on be observed as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. Four days after his […]
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