Martin Luther King Day is the third Monday in January and this year falls on Jan. 20. When was the first time MLK Day and Inauguration Day fell on the same day? MLK Day was first celebrated in 1986.

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

For the third time in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day will both be held collectively. The overlap is set for Monday when former president Donald Trump will return to ...

Thousands of volunteers gather with Orange County mayor Jerry Demings and other elected officials for the 2nd Annual MLK Day of Service Million Meal Pack at the Orange County Convention Center ...

Hundreds of Houstonians braced frigid temperatures Monday as they celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in downtown. This year, and for the past 30 years, Houston has had two MLK Day parades ...

Monday, Inauguration Day, and MLK Day fall on the same day. Here is what you need to know. Inauguration Day is constitutionally mandated to occur on Jan. 20. President-elect Donald Trump will take the ...

What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day)? Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January every year to celebrate Dr. King’s birthday. Who is Martin ...

The 2025 MLK Day Beloved Community Commemorative Service ... (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta in 1929, but his family's deep roots in the state began ...

Monday marks an unusual coincidence with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, falling on the same day as Donald Trump's second inauguration, which may prompt questions about whether ...

Every year on MLK Day, the federal government closes and citizens across the U.S. take part in a day of service. Here’s everything to know about MLK Day, including how it became a federal holiday.

There have been three times the two events aligned. For only the third time since President Ronald Reagan declared Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday in 1983, the presidential inauguration ...