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1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday

1996 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89

1996 "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances

1995 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances

1995 Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85

1994 Virginia Dale, U.S. actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77

1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63

1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

1990 David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80

1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain

1989 James Kirkwood, actor and writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64

1987 Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42

1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

1984 Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand

1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday

1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic

1982 Leann Rimes, country singer, Blue, Holiday in Your Heart

1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

1978 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York

1974 Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62

1973 Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995

1971 Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76

1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic

1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday

1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)

1959 Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44

1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46

1953 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory

1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances

1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances

1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack

1934 Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer, How Can I Forget

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday

1928 Philip Barry's "Holiday," premieres in New York City

1927 Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor, Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder

1924 Sieto Hoving, actor, Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story

1920 Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel

1918 Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer, Holiday for Lovers

1915 Billie Holiday, born in Baltimore, singer, Aint Nobodys Business

1914 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8

1910 Sally O'Neil, Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Beggar's Holiday, Moth

1910 Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage

1906 Margaret Rawlings, actress, Roman Holiday

1904 Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday

1903 Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor, Paris Holiday

1899 Billy Butlin, South Africa, holiday camp promoter,

1895 Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor, Holiday in Havana

1894 Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday

1894 Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday

1889 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration

1888 Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa, Iowa, actor, Every Day's a Holiday, Greed

1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday

1874 Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step

1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday

1831 Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday



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