;USA-Kentucky KY
;Commonwealth of Kentucky
;capital: Frankfort
;Time zones
; - eastern half: Eastern: UTC-5/DST-4
; - western half: Central: UTC-6/DST-5

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Kentucky.gif
COMMENT=Updated April 7, 2014

TYP=Holy
19.1.  =Robert E. Lee Day*
30.1.  =Franklin D. Roosevelt's Day* ;Note=birthd. 32nd US president {d}
12.2.  =Lincoln's Birthday*
03.6.  =Confederate Memorial Day & Jefferson Davis' Birthday ;Note=1808 {d}

TYP=HolyHalf
Es-2Dy =Good Friday* ;Note=State offices shall be closed & state employees shall be given a holiday



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances
01.4.+1Fr =Kentucky Arbor Day* ;Note=1st Friday April {m}
07.5.  =Barrier Awareness Day*
01.6.  =Kentucky Admission/Statehood Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1792 {d}
07.6.  =Kentucky Exploration Day (Boone Day) ;Note=1769, Daniel Boone began to explore the Kentucky area {d}
14.6.  =Flag Day*
02.8.  =Disability Day*
08.8.  =Paducah & McCracken County, Emancipation Day*
01.10.+2Su =Grandmother's Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday October
11.10. =General Pulaski's Birthday*
15.11. =Kentucky Harvest Day*

;regular days
02.11.%1979,4+1Mo+1Dy =Election Day (Gubernatorial, every 4 years) ;Note=first Tuesday after the first Monday in November


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained most of present-day Kentucky
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, (Virginia & Maryland comprised the Chesapeake Colonies)
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, Colony & Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky & West Virginia

16.6.  =1st permanent settlement Kentucky #1774 years ago* ;Note=1774, Harrod's Town (>Harrodsburg) {d}
18.12. =Act separation District of Kentucky from Virginia #1789 years ago* ;Note=1789 {d}
04.2.  =Kentucky Enabling Act #1791 years ago* ;Note=1791, accepting the cession by Virginia, authorizing the formation of a State government & Admission thereafter {d}
01.6.  =Kentucky off. admitted to the Union #1792 years ago (15th state) ;Note=1792, previously part of the Commonwealth of Virginia {d}
20.11. =Kentucky (Russellville Convention) Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, Kentucky did not secede but a rump, unelected group proclaimed secession {d}
10.12. =Kentucky (Russellville Convention) admitted C.S.A. #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, Kentucky did not secede but a rump, unelected group proclaimed secession {d}
24.2.  =Kentucky rejects 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, March 18, 1976 ratifies as 35th state {d}
17.5.  =Louisville-Churchill Downs, 1st Kentucky Derby #1875 years ago* ;Note=1875, Jockey Oliver Lewis, horse Aristides {d}
21.3.  =Eastern Kentucky State Normal School established #1906 years ago (1966 >Eastern Kentucky University)* ;Note=1906 {d}
21.3.  =Western Kentucky State Normal School established #1906 years ago (1966 >Western Kentucky University)* ;Note=1906 {d}
26.3.  =Flag of Kentucky adopted #1918 years ago* ;Note=1918 {d}
18.3.  =Kentucky ratifies 13th Amendment #1976 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1976, 35th state, rejected Feb. 24, 1865 {d}


;The entries for Kentucky 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/Kentucky
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 164