;USA-District of Columbia
;Washington D.C.
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16.4.>2004*UED =#2004th Emancipation Day ;Note=public holyday since 2005, if Saturday >Friday, if Sunday >Monday {d}

TYP=Local
20.1.%1981,4*Lux  =Inauguration Day (every fourth year) ;Note=formaly Jan. 20, if Sunday >Takes place on Jan. 21, privately inaugurated on Jan. 20



TYP=Normal

;yearly days

;01.4.+3Fr =Washington DC Arbor Day* ;Note=3th Friday April
30.4.-1Fr =District Of Columbia Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
16.4.>2001<2005 =Emancipation Day celebration ;Note=1866>1901, resumed 2002, 2005 >public holyday {d}
24.4.  =Duke Ellington's Birthday*  ;Note={d}
16.5.  =Malcolm X Day*              ;Note={d}
02.10. =United Nations Celebration* ;Note={d}


;(remembrance) dates by year

;23.12.1788, Maryland General Assembly passed an act, allowing it to cede land for the federal district
;03.12.1789, Virginia General Assembly passed an act, allowing it to cede land for the federal district
;09.7.1790, Congress passed the Residence Act
;16.7.1790, President signed the Residence Act into law
16.7.  =Federal district founded #1790 years ago (unoff. Territory of Columbia) ;Note=1790, May 6, 1796 >District of Columbia {d}
09.9.  =city was officially named 'Washington' #1791 years ago ;Note=1791 {d}
;09.9.1791, three commissioners overseeing the capital's construction named the city in honor of President Washington
13.10. =1st cornerstone US Executive Mansion laid #1792 years ago (>White House) ;Note=1792, 1st newly constructed building of the new capital {d}
18.9.  =1st cornerstone Capitool is laid #1793 jaar geleden ;Note=1793, George Washington {d}
06.5.  =Federal district >District of Columbia #1796 years ago* ;Note=1796 {d}
01.11. =US Executive Mansion in use #1800 years ago (>White House) ;Note=1800, President John Adams {d}
;17.11.1800, Congress held its first session in Washington
27.2.  =District was formally placed under the jurisdiction of Congress #1801 years ago* ;Note=1801 {d}
27.2.  =District of Columbia devided in County of Washington & County of Alexandria #1801 years ago* ;Note=1801 {d}
03.5.  =Washington (DC) incorp. as city within the District of Columbia #1802 years ago* ;Note=1802 {d}
09.7.  =County of Alexandria (DC) District of Columbia >Virginia #1846 years ago* ;Note=1846, territory returned {d}
;09.7.1846, Congress agreed to return all the territory that had been ceded by Virginia
04.7.  =Washington Monument, cornerstone laid #1848 years ago* ;Note=1848, dedic. Feb. 21, 1885 {d}
16.4.  =Slavery was abolished throughout the District #1862 years ago ;Note=1862 {d}
03.8.  =District of Columbia, Corporate Seal created #1871 years ago* ;Note=1st Act District's 1st legislative assembly {d}
22.4.  =1st White House Easter Egg Roll #1878 years ago (South Lawn)* ;Note=1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes, before on the grounds of the Capitol {d}
13.3.  =Eastern Standard Time legalized for the District of Columbia #1884 years ago* ;Note=1884, Act of Congress, local in use since Nov. 18, 1883 {d}
06.12. =Washington Monument completed #1884 years ago* ;Note=1884, capstone, dedic. Feb. 21, 1885 {d}
21.2.  =Washington Monument dedicated #1885 years ago* ;Note=1885, President Chester A. Arthur {d}
10.4.  =Washington DC, Pope authorizes est. Catholic University of America #1887 years ago* ;Note=1887, Pope Leo XIII, >charter March 7, 1889 {d}
19.4.  =Washington DC, Certificate of Incorporation Catholic University of America #1887 years ago* ;Note=1887, Pope Apr. 10, 1887 & March 7, 1889 {d}
09.10. =public 1st admitted to Washington Monument #1888 years ago* ;Note=1888, dedic. Feb. 21, 1885 {d}
07.3.  =Washington DC, Pope grants Catholic University of America its charter #1889 years ago* ;Note=1889, encyclical Magni Nobis, Pope Leo XIII, authorisation 10.4.1887 {d}
06.1.  =Washington DC, National Cathedral charter granted by Congress #1893 years ago* ;Note=1893, 1st cornerstone Sept. 29, 1907 {d}
01.11. =open. Library of Congress Building #1897 years ago* ;Note=1897, June 13, 1980 >Thomas Jefferson Building {d}
12.10. =Washington DC, Executive Mansion off. renamed to White House #1901 years ago* ;Note=1901, President Theodore Roosevelt {d}
29.9.  =1st cornerstone Washington DC National Cathedral #1907 years ago* ;Note=1907, President Theodore Roosevelt, last finial Sept. 29, 1990 {d}
10.6.  =Washington DC, Girl Scouts of the United States incorporated #1915 years ago ;Note=1915, Girl Guides founded March 12, 1912 Savannah GA {d}
30.5.  =Lincoln Memorial dedicated #1922 years ago* ;Note=1922 {d}
01.10. =White House Police Force created #1922 years ago* ;Note=1922, Act (Sept. 14, 1922), 1970 >Executive Protective Service, Nov. 15, 1977 >Secret Service Uniformed Division {d}
17.4.  =District of Columbia, American Beauty rose >official flower #1925 years ago* ;Note=1925 {d}
27.3.  =Washington DC, National Cathedral, Chancel opened for public worship #1932 years ago* ;Note=Easter 1932, Foundation stone Sept. 29, 1907 {d}
15.10. =Flag District of Columbia off. adopted #1938 years ago* ;Note=1938, based on design of coat of arms of George Washington {d}
08.11. =District of Columbia, Scarlet oak >official tree #1960 years ago* ;Note=1960 {d}
29.3.  =citizens of the District became eligible to vote for President #1961 years ago ;Note=1961, passage of the 23rd Amendment {d}
31.1.  =District of Columbia, Wood thrush >official bird #1967 years ago* ;Note=1967 {d}
27.3.  =1st portion underground Metro opened #1976 years ago* ;Note=1976, Rhode Island Avenue<>Farragut North {d}
29.9.  =Washington DC, National Cathedral completed #1990 years ago (placing last finial)* ;Note=1990, President George H. W. Bush, 1st cornerstone Sept. 29, 1907 {d}
30.9.  =Washington DC, National Cathedral consecrated #1990 years ago* ;Note=1990, 1 day after completion {d}
04.5.  =Washington DC, World War II Memorial off. dedicated #2004 years ago* ;Note=2004, President Bush, Public Law 103-32 (May 25, 1993), open April 29, 2004 {d}


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