The NBA will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day next January with four marquee matchups. The holiday will start out with a ...

In an NBA first, NBC Sports will present a quadrupleheader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which will take place on January 19 ...

Basketball fans can stay glued to the television all day on Jan. 19, with four NBA games on tap. Check out the matchups.

When did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a federal holiday? Ceremonies commemorating King's birthday and legacy have been held since his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January to mark the late activist’s birthday. In 2025, the holiday falls on January 20, the same day typically set aside ...

But Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration marred by gunfire in Florida Eight people were shot and four others were injured while fleeing the scene at the 772 MLK Car Show & Family Fun Day in Fort ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day — celebrated on the third Monday of every January — is a federal holiday. The civil rights leader may be most remembered for his iconic "I Have a Dream" address at ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of every January, as Martin Luther King, Jr., day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.