;USA-Connecticut CT
;State of Connecticut
;capital: Hartford
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Connecticut.gif
COMMENT=Updated January 2, 2012

TYP=Holy
12.2.  =Lincoln's Birthday
Es-2Dy =Good Friday



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

09.1.  =Connecticut Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1788 {d}
24.1.  =Connecticut Colony Day*  ;Note=1639 {d}
01.2.+2Su =Youth to Work Day*    ;Note=2nd Sunday February
01.2.+3We =Retired Teachers Day* ;Note=3rd Wednesday February
23.2.  =Iwo Jima Day*
17.3.  =St. Patrick's Day*
25.3.  =Greek-American Day*
01.4.+4Su =Friends Day*           ;Note=4th Sunday April
14.4.  =Pan American Day*
22.4.  =New Haven, Powder House Day* ;Note=1775 entry of New Haven into the American Revolution {d}
28.4.  =Worker's Memorial Day*
30.4.-1Sa =Green Up Day*          ;Note=last Saturday April
30.4.-1Fr =Connecticut Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.  =Loyalty Day*
01.5.+1Su =Senior Citizens Day*   ;Note=1st Sunday May
03.5.  =Polish-American Day*
15.5.  =Austrian-American Day*
24.5.  =Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Day*
31.5.-1Fr =Arbor Day*             ;Note=last Friday May
14.6.  =Flag Day*
01.6.+3Sa =Destroyer Escort Day*  ;Note=3rd Saturday June
26.7.  =Disability Awareness Day*
27.7.  =Korean Armistice Day*
01.8.+1Sa =Volunteer Fire Fighter & Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Personnel Day* ;Note=1st Saturday August
14.8.  =End of World War II Day*
24.8.  =Ukrainian-American Day*
26.8.  =Women's Independence Day*
01.9.+2Mo =School Safety Patrol Day* ;Note=2nd Monday September
01.9.+4Su =Puerto Rico Day*       ;Note=4th Sunday September
03.9.  =Prudence Crandall Day*
11.9.  =911 Day
30.9.-1Fr =Nathan Hale Day*       ;Note=last Friday September
30.9.-1Fr =Indian Day*            ;Note=last Friday September
01.10.+2Su =National Children's Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday October
06.10. =German-American Day*
;Leif Erikson Day, within the first nine days of October
10.10. =Republic of China on Taiwan-American Day*
23.10. =Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day*
01.12. =Romanian-American Day*


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, New England Colonies, Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut

03.3.  =charter Connecticut Colony granted #1636 years ago* ;Note=1636, May 19, 1643 >United Colonies of New England {d}
14.1.  =(OS) Connecticut Fundamental Orders adopted #1639 years ago* ;Note=1639, 1st constitution American colonies, (=Jan. 24, 1639 Greg. (NS)) {d}
24.1.  =(NS) Connecticut Fundamental Orders adopted #1639 years ago* ;Note=1639, 1st constitution American colonies, (=Jan. 14, 1638/39 Jul. (OS)) {d}
19.5.  =Boston, United Colonies of New England formed #1643 years ago* ;Note=1643, colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, New Haven & Plymouth {d}
23.4.  =(OS) Charter of Connecticut issued by the Crown #1662 years ago* ;Note=1662, King Charles II of England, May 3, 1662 Greg. (NS) {d}
03.5.  =(NS) Charter of Connecticut issued by the Crown #1662 years ago* ;Note=1662, King Charles II of England, Apr. 23, 1662 Jul. (OS) {d}
09.10. =Charter of Connecticut read to the Freemen #1662 years ago* ;Note=1662, Governor John Winthrop presided {d}
;1667, the western half of Connecticut was split off (from New York) to join the rest of Connecticut
03.6.  =decree est. Dominion of New England #1686 years ago* ;Note=1686, King James II of England, Colony Massachusetts Bay, Colony New Plymouth, Province New Hampshire, Province Maine & Narraganset Country or King's Province, >May 18, 1689 {d}
09.9.  =Connecticut Colony >Dominion of New England #1686 years ago* ;Note=1686, >May 18, 1689 {d}
07.5.  =Province of New York >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689, present states New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Vermont, portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts & Maine, eastern Pennsylvania {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
09.10. =foundation charter Collegiate School of Connecticut (>Yale University) #1701 years ago* ;Note=1701 {d}
14.6.  =Connecticut Assembly approves independence United Colonies #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
12.2.  =Connecticut's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d}
09.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates Connecticut signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification Feb. 12, 1778 {d}
08.1.  =Connecticut, 1st US copyright statute #1783 years ago* ;Note=1783 {d}
09.1.  =Connecticut off. ratifies US Constitution #1788 years ago (10th state) ;Note=1788, Vote 128-40 {d}
04.5.  =Connecticut ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 22nd state {d}
28.1.  =New Haven, 1st US local telephone exchange began operation #1878 years ago* ;Note=1878 {d}
01.6.  =New Haven, 1st US pay telephone service #1880 years ago* ;Note=1880, Connecticut Telephone Company office (Yale Bank Building at State and Chapel Streets) {d}
21.4.  =Connecticut, Storrs Agricultural School chartered #1881 years ago (1939 >University of Connecticut)* ;Note=1881 {d}
01.5.  =Connecticut, trial 1st electric freight locomotive (US, ? world) #1888 years ago* ;Note=1888, Ansonia, Derby & Birmingham Electric Line {d}
21.5.  =1st US speed limit law motor vehicles #1901 years ago (12/15 mph)* ;Note=1901, 1st general US speed limit New Amsterdam 1652 {d}
19.4.  =Connecticut approuved Bill of Rights #1939 years ago* ;Note=1939, 148 years after other states {d}


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