;USA-Nebraska NE ;State of Nebraska ;capital: Lincoln ;Time zones ; - most of state: Central: UTC-6/-5 ; - panhandle: Mountain: UTC-7/-6 ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_US-Nebraska.gif COMMENT=Updated April 10, 2016 TYP=Holy 22.4.>1884<1989 =Nebraska Arbor Day* ;Note=Governor Julius Sterling Morton's birthday, 1989 >last Friday April {m-04} 30.4.-1Fr>1988 =Nebraska Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April, 1872>1884 April 10, 1885>1988 April 22 {m} 01.10.+4Th+1Dy =Day after Thanksgiving TYP=Normal ;yearly days - observances 05.1. =George W. Norris Day* 15.1. =Martin Luther King, Jr. Day* 01.3. =Nebraska Admission/State Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1867 {d} ;if falling on a weekend, the governor may proclaim either the preceding Friday or the following Monday as State Day 10.4.>1871<1885 =Nebraska Arbor Day* ;Note=1st 1872, 1885 >April 22 & state holiday {m-04} 28.4. =Workers Memorial Day* 01.6.+2Su =Pioneer's Memorial Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday June 01.8.+2Fr>1997 =Hastings, #1997th Kool-Aid Days (Fr>Su) ;Note=1st 1998, 2nd Friday August {m} 01.9.+4Mo =American Indian Day* ;Note=4th Monday September 02.9. =Howard's Day* 11.10. =Pulaski's Memorial Day* 15.10. =White Cane Safety Day* ;(remembrance) dates by year ;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained all of present-day Nebraska 09.4. =La Louisiane claimed for France #1682 years ago* ;Note=1682, René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle, administrative district of New France {d} 30.5. =Nebraska Territory off. formed #1854 years ago* ;Note=1854, Kansas-Nebraska Act, previously part of the unorganized so-called 'Indian country' of old Missouri Territory {d} 11.7. =1st settlers in Omaha #1854 years ago* ;Note=1854, Mr. & Mrs. Snowden {d} 13.8. =1st religious services in Omaha #1854 years ago* ;Note=1854, Rev. Mr. Cooper, St. Nicholas hotel {d} 19.4. =Nebraska Enabling Act #1864 years ago* ;Note=1864, authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d} 09.2. =Act of Congress admitting Nebraska to the Union #1867 years ago* ;Note=1867, eff. March 1, 1867 {d} 01.3. =Nebraska off. admitted to the Union #1867 years ago (37th state) ;Note=1867, Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson {d} ;The entries for Nebraska 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/Nebraska ;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 172