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Hace 5 días · In 1868, General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, declared May 30th as Decoration Day, a day to decorate the graves of those who died in the war. It wasn't until 1971 that Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday. On June 28th of that year, Congress passed the National Holiday Act, which ...
Hace 5 días · Billie Holiday's recording of the anti-lynching song "Strange Fruit" has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article in the Journal of African American History, titled ...
Hace 1 día · Tuen Ng Festival. Hong Kong currently celebrates 17 holidays. Of these 17 dates, 12 are considered statutory holidays. The government of Hong Kong requires that employers provide employees with a paid day off for all statutory holidays; employers can require employees to work on the remaining five holidays as part of their employment contract.
Hace 3 días · Pentecost. The Republic of Finland currently celebrates 12 national holidays. National holidays are determined by Parliament and official holiday lists are released each year. Under the guidelines of Parliament, Saturday and Sundays are official non-working days in Finland. Sundays are almost revered as holidays because each one has a special ...
Hace 1 día · Holidays are not moved to the following work day for celebration. The Labour Law of the Czech Republic requires employers to provide all employees with a paid day off for national holidays. If the employee has to work on that date due to the nature of their position, the employer is required to pay a premium wage for that date or provide the employee with another paid day off in lieu of the ...
Hace 3 días · The current Yang di-Puertua Negeri is Abdul Talb Mahmud. In May 2016, the Chief Minister’s Office announced that a new public holiday had been created on July 22 and would be known as Sarawak Independence Day. Sarawak was granted self-government on July 22, 1963 under the condition it would join Malaya, North Borneo and Singapore to form ...
Hace 4 días · Public Holidays 2026. Malacca’s public holidays are mostly the same as other states. However, it does celebrate a special holiday each year for the Declaration of Melaka as a Historic City. In 2008, the historic town of Melaka was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and, in celebration of that designation, a public holiday was declared.
