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February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year (319 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 1249 – ...
Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Veterans Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day. Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays. On these days non-essential U.S. federal government offices are closed and federal employees are paid for the day off.
29. Events. 1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia. 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established. 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
On February 25, 1913, Secretary of State Philander Knox proclaimed that the amendment had been ratified by three-fourths of the states and so had become part of the Constitution. [35] The Revenue Act of 1913 , which greatly lowered tariffs and implemented a federal income tax, was enacted shortly after the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified.
The Act of Independence of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or the Act of February 16th, [ 1] also the Lithuanian Resolution on Independence ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Nutarimas ), [ Note 1] was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of ...
Independence Day. 3 July. 1944. Nazi Germany. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
February. February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days.