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January
I: New Year's Day (In all the States, Territories, District of Columbia and possessions). Paul Revere Born (1735). Proclamation of Emancipation (1863). 4: Utah Admitted (1896).
New Mexico Admitted (1912). 8: Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans (Louisiana).
17: Benjamin Franklin Born (1706).
19: Robert E. Lee's Birthday (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia).
20: Inauguration Day.
21: Stonewall Jackson Born (1824).
29: McKinley Born (1843).
30: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday.
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February
3: Horace Greeley Born (1811). 7: Charles Dickens Born (1812). 9: Nebraska Admitted (1867).
11: Thomas A. Edison's Birthday. Daniel Boone Born (1734).
12: Lincoln's Birthday (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming). Ceorgia Day.
14: Valentine's Day.
Admission Day (Arizona).
15: Destruction of the Maine (1898).
18: Ash Wednesday (First Day of Lent).
22: Washington's Birthday (All the States, Territories, District of Columbia and Colonial Possessions).
27: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Birthday. First Railroad Charter (1827).
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March
2: Texas Independence Day. 3: Maine Admitted (1820).
Florida Admitted (1845).
First Postage Stamp used in U. S. (1847). 4: Pennsylvania Day. 5: Boston Massacre (1770).
7: Luther Burbank's Birthday (California). 17: St. Patrick's Day. 21: First Day of Spring. 22: Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico). 25: Maryland Day. 29: Palm Sunday. 30: Seward Day (Alaska).
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April
All Fools' Day. Good Friday. Easter Sunday.
War Declared with Germany (1917). Peary Discovered North Pole (1909). Battle of Appomatox (1865). Louisiana Admitted (1812). Surrender of Ceneral Lee (1865). Halifax Independence Resolution (North Carolina).
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (Alabama). Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Patriot's Day (Maine, Massachusetts). Anniversary of Battle of San Jacinto (Texas). Morton's Birthday (Nebraska). Arbor Day (Nebraska). William Shakespeare Born (1564). First Newspaper Issued in America (1704). U. S.-Mexico War (1846). War Declared with Spain (1898). Confederate Memorial Day (Alabama, Florida Daylight Saving Time Starts. Georgia, Mississippi). Slavery Abolished in U. S. (1865). First Shot of War with Cermany (1917). Ceneral U. S. Grant Born (1822). President Monroe Born (1758). Louisiana Purchased.
Washington Became First President (1789). Rhode Island Settled (1636).
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May
n.
1: May Day.
Child Health Day.
Labor Day (Philippines).
Dewey's Victory in Manila 2: Stonewall Jackson Shot (18< 5: Napoleon's Death (1821). 7: Lusitania Torpedoed (1915). 10: Confederate Memorial Day (Kentucky, North
Carolina).
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