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On Monday, Jan. 18, 1993, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated on Monday, with several events planned across Utah and around the nation. It has become a national day of service. This year it is also Inauguration Day in the United States.
The history
According to historical accounts, King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, and on April 8 of that same year, a the proposed bill was reportedly put forward by former Democratic Michigan Congressman John Conyers, “to create a holiday in King’s honor.”…