However, the federal holiday is not celebrated on Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday, i.e., January 15. Instead, MLK Day is observed on the third Monday of the month to align with the birthday.

This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day — or MLK Day — is on Monday, Jan. 20. MLK Day always takes place on the third Monday of January since it falls near his birthday, which is Jan. 15.

King was born Jan. 15, 1929. In the years after the Civil ... legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the slain civil rights leader.

The holiday in his honor is timed to honor King’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929. However ... activists finally succeeded in making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a nationally observed holiday.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. On the third Monday of the month — close to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

FILE - Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Benjamin Fanjoy/San Francisco Chronicle via AP ...