;USA-North Dakota ND
;State of North Dakota
;capital: Bismarck
;Time zones
; - most of state: Central: UTC-6/-5
; - southwest: Mountain: UTC-7/-6

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-North_Dakota.gif
COMMENT=Updated April 4, 2010

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday*



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

01.1.+3Fr =Temperance Day*         ;Note=3rd Friday January
01.2.+1Su =Four Chaplains Sunday*  ;Note=1st Sunday February
26.4.  =Bird Day*
28.4.  =Worker's Memorial Day*
01.5.+1Fr =North Dakota Arbor Day* ;Note=1st Friday May {m}
30.9.-1Su =Gold Star Mother's Day* ;Note=last Sunday September
02.11. =North Dakota Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1889 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained northeast of present-day North Dakota
;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained most of present-day North Dakota

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}
20.4.  =Wisconsin Territory organized #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, eff. July 3, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
03.7.  =Wisconsin Territory off. formed #1836 years ago ;Note=1836, Act Apr. 20, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
02.3.  =Dakota Territory off. formed #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, previously part of Nebraska Territory, included much of Montana & Wyoming, split in North & South on Nov. 2, 1889 {d}
08.9.  =University of North Dakota opened #1884 years ago* ;Note=1884, opened Sep. 8, 1884 {d}
22.2.  =North Dakota Enabling Act #1889 years ago* ;Note=1889, authorizing formation of a State government & Admission thereafter {d}
02.11. =North Dakota and South Dakota became separate states #1889 years ago
02.11. =North Dakota off. admitted to the Union #1889 years ago (39th state) ;Note=1889, Proclamation by President Benjamin Harrison {d}
03.3.  =Flag of North Dakota adopted #1911 years ago* ;Note=1911 {d}


;The entries for North Dakota 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/North_Dakota
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 176