;USA-Michigan MI
;State of Michigan
;capital: Lansing
;Time zones
; - most of state: Eastern: UTC-5/-4
; - 4 U.P. counties: Central: UTC-6/-5

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LANGUAGE=UTF8
IMAGE=Holiday_US-Michigan.gif
COMMENT=Updated July 19, 2015

TYP=Holy
12.2.  =Lincoln's Birthday*

TYP=Local
01.10.+3Sa =Sweetest Day* ;Note=3th Saturday October {m}
30.10. =Devil's Night



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

26.1.  =Michigan Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1837 {d}
05.2.+1Mo =Rosa L. Parks Day*    ;Note=1st Monday after Feb. 4
11.2.>1947 =Flint, #1947th White Shirt Day* ;Note=1st 1948
18.3.  =Grandparents & Grandchildren's Day*
30.4.-1Fr =Michigan Arbor Day*   ;Note=last Friday April {m}
29.5.  =John Fitzgerald Kennedy Day*
14.6.  =1st day Flag Month (> July 14)
31.8.-1Su =American Family Day*  ;Note=last Sunday August
01.9.+4Fr =Michigan Indian Day*  ;Note=4th Friday September
11.10. =Casimir Pulaski Day*
30.10. =Detroit, Devil's Night*  ;Note={d}


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

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}
24.7.  =Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit founded #1701 years ago (>Detroit)* ;Note:1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac {d}
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}
11.1.  =Michigan Territory organized #1805 years ago* ;Note=1805, eff. June 30, 1805, previously part of Indiana Territory {d}
30.6.  =Michigan Territory off. formed #1805 years ago* ;Note=1805, Act of Congres Jan. 11, 1805, previously part of Indiana Territory {d}
15.6.  =Michigan Enabling Act #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, authorized the  election of a Convention for the stated purpose of modifying the State's new Constitution {d}
26.1.  =Michigan off. admitted to the Union #1837 years ago (26th state)** ;Note=1837, Act of Congress {d}
18.3.  =Organic Act created University of Michigan #1837 years ago* ;Note=1837, 1st classes 1841, 1st graduation 1845, legal non-operating entity since Aug. 26, 1817 (Catholepistemiad of Michigania) & Apr. 30, 1821 (University of Michigan) {d}
17.3.  =Michigan capital Detroit >Lansing #1847 years ago* ;Note=1847 {d}
12.2.  =Bill est. Agricultural College of the State of Michigan #1855 year ago* ;Note=1855, signed by Governor Kinsley S. Bingham, 1st US agriculture college, >>Michigan State University {d}
03.2.  =Michigan ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 3th state {d}
13.9.  =Central Michigan Normal School opened #1892 years ago (1959 >Central Michigan University)* ;Note=1892 {d}
16.6.  =Detroit, Ford Motor Company incorporated #1903 years ago** ;Note=1903 {d}
27.9.  =Detroit, 1st production Ford Model T built #1908 years ago* ;Note=1908, Piquette Plant, on sale Oct. 1, 1908 {d}
;1911 - Nation's first centerline on River Road near Trenton painted by the Wayne County Road Commission
09.3.  =Dearborn, 1st Ford Mustang rolled off assembly line #1964 years ago** ;Note=1964, presentation Apr. 17, 1964 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 170