;USA-Illinois IL
;State of Illinois
;capital: Springfield
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/-5

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Illinois.gif
COMMENT=Updated August 4, 2020

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday*
12.2.*MVD =Abraham Lincoln's Birthday  ;Note=most state offices close, if weekend >nearest weekday, many schools choose to close on President's Day {d}

TYP=Local
01.3.+1Mo>1977 =#1977th Casimir Pulaski Day ;Note=1st 1978 (law Sep. 13, 1977), primarily Chicago, stopped being a holiday for Chicago Public Schools in 2012 {m}
01.10.+3Sa =Sweetest Day*       ;Note=3th Saturday October {m}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

;03.2.  =Illinois Territory Day*    ;Note=1809 Territory organized {d}
13.3.>2008 =#2008th Pluto Day*      ;Note=1st 2009 (OR 2009 only ?) {d}
29.3.  =Viet Nam War Veterans Day*
15.4.  =#1913th Good Roads Day*     ;Note=1st 1914 {d}
30.4.-1Fr =Illinois Arbor & Bird Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.+1Su =Chaplain's Day*          ;Note=1st Sunday May
01.5.+3Su =Citizenship Day*         ;Note=3rd Sunday May
01.5.+3Su =Senior Citizens' Day*    ;Note=3rd Sunday May
14.6.  =Flag Day*
26.7.>2006 =#2006th Postal Workers Day in the State of Illinois* ;Note=1st 2007 {d}
27.7.  =Korean War Armistice Day*
04.8.>2016 =#2016th Barack Obama Day ;Note=1st 2017, Signed into Law by the Governor {n}
01.8.+2Su =Gold Star Mother's Day*  ;Note=2nd Sunday August
01.9.+3Fr =POW/MIA Recognition Day* ;Note=3rd Friday September
01.10.+2Su =Grandmothers' Day*      ;Note=2nd Sunday October
13.11. =Coal Miners Memorial Day*
03.12. =Illinois Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1818 {d}
07.12. =Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day*

;yearly local days

01.8.+2Sa>1928 =Chicago, #1928th Bud Billiken Parade (10:00>15:00) & Picnic* ;Note=1st 1929 {m}
;In Chicago (Illinois), the setting sun lines up with the grid system on March 20 and September 25, a phenomenon dubbed Chicagohenge.
;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge
20.3.  =Chicago, Chicagohenge ;Note=setting sun lines up with the grid system
25.9.  =Chicago, Chicagohenge ;Note=setting sun lines up with the grid system


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

19.7.  =(OS) Albany, Iroquois cede their Beaver Hunting Ground to the English King #1701 years ago* {d} ;Note=1701, Nanfan Treaty, Sept. 2, 1752 Greg. cal. (NS), ratified Sept. 14, 1726, present day USA states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, North-West Pennsylvania, West New York, South-East Illinois {d}
27.9.  =Illinois Country annexed to French province of Louisiana #1717 years ago* ;Note=1717, King Louis XV {d}
;1779, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable >1st permanent resident Chicago
13.7.  =Northwest Territory formed #1787 years ago (Northwest Ordinance)* ;Note=1787, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, northeastern part of Minnesota {d}
13.7.  =slavery banned in Northwest Territory #1787 years ago (Northwest Ordinance)* ;Note=1787, modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin & northeastern part of Minnesota {d}
07.5.  =Indiana Territory organized #1800 years ago* ;Note=1800, law signed President John Adams, eff. July 4, 1800, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, as well as portions of Minnesota {d}
04.7.  =Indiana Territory off. formed #1800 years ago* ;Note=1800, org. May 7, 1800, previously part of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, as well as portions of Minnesota {d}
03.2.  =Illinois Territory organized #1809 years ago* ;Note=1809, eff. March 1, 1809, previously part of Indiana Territory {d}
01.3.  =Illinois Territory off. formed #1809 years ago* ;Note=1809, org. Feb. 3, 1809, previously part of Indiana Territory {d}
18.4.  =Illinois Enabling Act #1818 years ago* ;Note=1818, authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d}
26.8.  =Kaskaskia, Illinois' 1st constitution adopted #1818 years ago* ;Note=1818 {d}
03.12. =Illinois off. admitted to the Union #1818 years ago (21st state) ;Note=1818, Joint Resolution of Congress {d}
12.8.  =Town Chicago incorporated #1833 years ago* ;Note=1833, population of 350, municipality Aug. 4, 1830, city charter March 4, 1837 {d}
04.3.  =Chicago was granted a city charter #1837 years ago* ;Note=1837, municipality Aug. 4, 1830, town Aug. 12, 1833 {d}
;04.3.1837, Chicago, Illinois, was incorporated as a city after its population increased in seven years from 200 to more than 4,000
01.2.  =Illinois ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 1st state {d}
22.2.  =Illinois, Pullman Palace Car Co. organized #1867 years ago ;Note=1867, Jan. 1, 1900 >The Pullman Co., June 21, 1927 >Pullman, Inc., Jan. 1, 1969 dissolved {d}
08.10. =start Great Chicago Fire #1871 years ago (21:00, >Oct. 10)* ;Note=1871, destroyed most of the city {d}
06.6.  =Chicago, elevated rapid transit line (steam) in service #1892 years ago (1st US, 2nd world)* ;Note=1892, off. open. May 28, 1892, >electric May 6, 1895 {d}
21.6.  =Chicago, 1st Ferris wheel (worldwide) opened #1893 years ago* ;Note=1893, world's Columbian Exposition {d}
28.11. =1st US automobile race #1895 years ago* ;Note=1895, Chicago<>Evanston (54.36-mile, 10h23), 6 entrants {d}
24.4.  =Western Illinois University chartered #1899 years ago* ;Note=1899, 1st classes Sep. 23, 1902 {d}
23.2.  =Chicago, 1st Rotary serviceclub founded #1905 years ago** ;Note=1905, lawyer Paul Percy Harris & 3 friends {d}
06.7.  =Flag of Illinois became official banner #1915 years ago* ;Note=1915 {d}
16.10. =Chicago, off. open. State Street Subway #1943 years ago (10:47)** ;Note=1943, Mayor Kelly, revenue service 17.10.1943 (after midnight) {d}
01.7.  =current Flag of Illinois >official #1970 years ago* ;Note=1970, off. banner since July 6, 1915 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois
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