American holidays

National
Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day 
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 
America's naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 
was attacked by the forces of the Empire of 
Japan. More than 2,400 Americans were killed 
and more than 1,100 were wounded. The attack 
sank four U.S. Navy battleships and damaged 
four more. It also damaged or sank three 
cruisers, three destroyers, one minelayer and 
damaged 188 aircraft. 
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 
which is observed annually on December 7, is 
to remember and honor all those who died in 
the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 
1941. 

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Martin Luther King, 
Jr. Day 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal 
holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther 
King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January 
each year, which is around the time of King's birthday, 
January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set 
under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, though the act 
predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
by 15 years. 
King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in 
the civil rights movement, which successfully protested 
racial discrimination in federal and state law. 
The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor
began soon after his assassination in 1968.
Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983,
and it was first observed on January 20, 1986
. 

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The population of the United States is made up of 
people of very many nationalities. Their predecessors 
came to America from different countries, and they 
brought their native celebrations with them.
They all became Americans, but they kept many 
traditions of those countries they had come from. 
That is why the number of holidays in different states 
of America is different. But the most important 
holidays are marked throughout the United States. 

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