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It was an act of Congress.
Martin Luther King Jr. is not a holiday but a person.
1986 and signed by Ronald Reagan.
In 1983, congress passed a federal holiday honoring King. The late Mrs. Coretta Scott King fought for many years for his birthday to become a holiday.
South Carolina was the last state to make Martin Luther King Day a paid holiday.
It became a national holiday in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday.
The holiday for Dr. Martin Luther king was first observed January 20, 1986Martin Luther King Day was first observed in 1986 on 20th January. It celebrated the life and accomplishments to Martin Luther King.
No it is not, it is just a holiday representing his death.
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