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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2031
Monday 20 January 2031
Third Monday of January.
In 2031, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday 20 January 2031 in United States (federal). Every date is a Monday, so each gives a three-day weekend. The 2031 date for United States (federal) is provisional – calculated from the rule, because the official calendar for that year is not published yet. For comparison, the 2030 date was Monday 21 January 2030 and the 2032 date is Monday 19 January 2032.
Dates in 2031
Monday 20 January 2031
United States
- United States (federal)
provisional – calculated from the rule
About Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day honours the civil rights leader, who was born on 15 January 1929. It is the third Monday of January, so it falls between 15 and 21 January and sometimes on his birthday itself. The holiday was signed into law in 1983 and first observed in 1986.
It is one of the eleven federal holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103 and the first federal holiday of the year after New Year's Day. Federal offices close; private employers are not required to give the day off. As a Monday holiday it never needs a substitute day and always gives a three-day weekend in mid-winter.
The day is also designated as a national day of service, when people are encouraged to volunteer in their communities. For working-day counts it matters mostly for January payroll: with New Year's Day, January usually has two federal holidays on weekdays, unless New Year's Day falls on a Saturday and is observed on the last day of December.