National days on January 18, 2027

A little reason to celebrate

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Federal holiday · Commemorative · The third Monday in January

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday on the third Monday in January honoring the life and work of the civil rights leader.

1911: Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship. Eugene Burton Ely
1977: Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2025: The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA. TikTok