The commemoration became a federal holiday in 1983 after Ronald Reagan signed the ... overlapping with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration.

Martin Luther King ... President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983. The holiday was set to be observed on the third Monday in January, near King Jr.'s birthday on January ...

Trump expected to sign record number of executive orders on Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and was first observed in 1986. Since then ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the other hand ... signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first official ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the other hand ... signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first official ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Temperatures will be in the 10- to 15-degree range on Monday during Martin Luther King Jr. Day and continue through ... was the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985.

Flashback: President Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. The holiday was observed for the first time in January 1986 but it was not ...