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JANUARY 12, 2009
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JANUARY 21, 2009
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races). On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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JANUARY 27, 2009
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JANUARY 27, 2009
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FEBRUARY 6, 2009
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FEBRUARY 9, 2009
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FEBRUARY 10, 2009
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FEBRUARY 14, 2009
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FEBRUARY 15, 2009
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FEBRUARY 16, 2009
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FEBRUARY 24, 2009
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MARCH 1, 2009
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MARCH 10 , 2009
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MARCH 15 , 2009
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MARCH 16 - 18, 2009
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MARCH 24 , 2009
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April 7 , 2009
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April 7 , 2009
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April 16 , 2009
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April 20 , 2009
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April 21 , 2009
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MAY 2 , 2009
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May 5 , 2009
Cinco de Mayo ("The Fifth of May" in Spanish) is a national holiday in Mexico which is also widely celebrated in the United States. It commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza over the French occupational forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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June 19 , 2009
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.
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