;USA-Alabama AL
;State of Alabama
;capital: Montgomery
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/DST-5

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COMMENT=Updated October 18, 2015

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01.1.+3Mo =Robert E. Lee's Birthday* ;Note=3th Monday January, along with Martin Luther King Day, Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8
01.2.+3Mo =Thomas Jefferson's Birthday* ;Note=3th Monday February, along with Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day), Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8
01.4.+4Mo =Confederate Memorial Day  ;Note=4th Monday April, Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8 {m}
01.6.+1Mo =Jefferson Davis' Birthday ;Note=June 3, 1808, observed 1st Monday June, Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8 {d-06-03}
01.10.+2Mo>1914 =#1914th Fraternal Day* ;Note=2nd Monday October, 1st 2nd Thursday oct. 1915, since 1930s along with Columbus Day, Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8 {m}

TYP=Local
Es-7Tu =Baldwin & Mobile Counties, Mardi Gras ;Note=legal holiday only in Baldwin & Mobile Counties, Alabama State Code Section 1-3-8
01.11.+2Mo>2008 =Perry County, #2008th Barack Obama Day* ;Note=1st 2009, County offices close {m}


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;yearly days

14.12.>1922 =#1922th Alabama Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1st 1923, Admission to the Union (1819) {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained western part of present-day Alabama

03.3.  =Mobile, 1st recorded Mardi Gras celebration in US #1699 years ago* ;Note=1699 {d}
07.4.  =Mississippi Territory off. formed #1798 years ago ;Note=1798, previously land ceded to the United States by the State of Georgia, included Alabama {d}
14.5.  =Mobile District of West Florida off. annexed to the US #1812 years ago* ;Note=1812, act of Congress, incorporated into Mississippi Territory, modern state of Alabama {d}
13.4.  =Mobile District of West Florida occupied by the US #1813 years ago* ;Note=1813, off. annexed May 14, 1812, incorporated into Mississippi Territory, modern state of Alabama {d}
03.3.  =Alabama Territory off. formed #1817 years ago* ;Note=1817, previously part of Mississippi Territory {d}
02.3.  =Alabama Enabling Act #1819 years ago* ;Note=1819, authorizing formation of a State government & Admission thereafter {d}
14.12. =Alabama admitted to the Union #1819 years ago (22th state) ;Note=1819, Joint Resolution of Congress {d}
11.1.  =1st Flag of Alabama flown #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, >Feb. 10, 1861 {d}
11.1.  =Alabama Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
08.2.  =Alabama co-founded Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
02.12. =Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 25th state {d}
02.3.  =Third Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Georgia, Alabama & Florida {d}
13.7.  =Alabama readmitted to the Union #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868 {d}
15.4.  =Montgomery, 1st US electric streetcar system #1886 years ago* ;Note=1886, Lightning Route {d}
16.2.  =current Flag of Alabama adopted #1895 years ago* ;Note=1895 {d}
16.2.  =Haleyville, 1st US emergency telephone number in use #1968 years ago (911)* ;Note=1968, 1st June 30, 1937 London {d}


;The entries for Alabama were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama
;http://www.legislature.state.al.us/codeofalabama/1975/1-3-8.htm
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 155