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Memorial Day (before 1967 it was officially called Decoration Day) was observed on May 30th of every year. In 1971 it was changed to being on the last Monday of May. It was not changed to the 31st of May. Occasionally the last Monday of May is the 31st. That last happened in the year 2010 and will next occur in the year 2021.

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