8 things you may not know about Martin Luther King Jr.

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George Washington is the only other American to have had his birthday observed as a national holiday.
 In 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that created a federal holiday to honor King. The holiday, first commemorated in 1986, is celebrated on the third Monday in January, close to the civil rights leader’s January 15 birthday.


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