;USA-Ohio OH
;State of Ohio
;capital: Columbus
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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COMMENT=Updated February 28, 2016


TYP=HolyHalf
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (12:00 >17:30, Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}

TYP=Local
01.10.+3Sa =Sweetest Day*  ;Note=3th Saturday October {m}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

01.2.  =Ohio Township Day*
19.2.  =Ohio Mistake Day*                ;Note=1803, Congres forgot to admit the state to the Union, Congress simply recognized the existence of the "state of Ohio" rather than passing a separate resolution declaring Ohio a state {d}
01.3.+3Fr =School Energy Conservation Day in Ohio* ;Note=3rd Friday March
01.3.  =Ohio Admission/Statehood Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1803 {d}
15.3.>1956 =Hinkley, #1956th Buzzard Day *   ;Note=celebrated since 1957 {d}
06.4.  =World War I Day*
19.4.-1Su =1st day Child Care Worker Appreciation Week* ;Note=week beginning Sunday including Apr. 19
28.4.  =Worker's Memorial Day*
30.4.-1Fr =Ohio Arbor Day*               ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.6.+3Sa =Destroyer Escort Day in Ohio* ;Note=3rd Saturday June
25.7.  =Ohio National Guard Day*
27.7.  =Korean War Veterans' Day*
22.9.>1862 =Gallia County, #1862th Emancipation Day ;Note=1st 1863, 1862 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation {d}
30.9.-1Su =Gold Star Mothers Day*        ;Note=last Sunday September
11.10. =General Pulaski Memorial Day*
01.11.+4Sa =Native American Indian Day*  ;Note=4th Saturday November
01.12.>2004 =#2004th Rosa Parks Day      ;Note=1st 2005, day Rosa Parks was arrested {d}
17.12.-1Su =1st day Ohio Aviation & Aerospace History Education Week* ;Note=weeb beginning Sunday including Dec. 17


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

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}
10.2.  =British acquired Ohio Country from France #1763 years ago* ;Note=1763, Treaty of Paris {d}
01.3.  =Northwest Territory technically 1st U.S. Territory #1784 years ago* ;Note=1784, lands northwest of the Ohio River {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}
07.4.  =Marietta, 1st permanent settlement Northwest Territory #1788 years ago* ;Note=1788, modern Ohio, 1st outside original Thirteen Colonies {d}
22.7.  =Cleaveland founded #1796 years ago (1831 >Cleveland)* ;Note=1796, named after General Moses Cleaveland, village incorp. Dec. 23, 1814 {d}
30.4.  =Ohio Enabling Act #1802 years ago* ;Note=1802, authorizing the formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d}
29.11. =constitutional convention approved 1st Constitution #1802 years ago* ;Note=1802, >June 17, 1851 {d}
19.2.  =Act of Congress admitting Ohio to the Union #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, eff. March 1, 1803, Congress simply recognized the existence of the "state of Ohio" rather than passing a separate resolution declaring Ohio a state {d}
01.3.  =Ohio off. admitted to the Union #1803 years ago (17th state) ;Note=1803, Feb. 19, 1803 Act of Congress, Aug. 7, 1953 Bender Ohio Statehood Act {d}
18.2.  =American Western University (>Ohio University) founded #1804 years ago* ;Note=1804, oldest university in the Northwest Territory {d}
17.6.  =Ohio voters approved 2nd constitution #1851 years ago* ;Note=1851, 1st Nov. 29, 1802 {d}
01.4.  =Cincinnati, 1st US professional & fully-paid fire-department #1853 years ago* ;Note=1853, 1st to use steam fire engine (Jan. 1, 1853) {d}
10.2.  =Ohio ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 13th state {d}
29.4.  =Cleveland, 1st electrically lighted city in the US #1879 years ago* ;Note=1879, 2nd in the world, Public Square road system {d}
19.3.  =Ohio Central State department founded #1887 years ago (1965 >Central State University)* ;Note=1887 {d}
09.5.  =Flag of Ohio adopted #1902 years ago* ;Note=1902 {d}
05.8.  =Cleveland, 1st fixed electric traffic lights (red/green) in service #1914 years ago (17:00, 1st/world)* ;Note=1914, corner 105th Street/Euclid Avenue {d}
10.6.  =Akron, Alcoholics Anonymous founded #1935 years ago** ;Note=1935, William G. Wilson & Dr. Robert Smith {d}
07.8.  =Formal signing admission to the Union #1953 years ago (retroactive to March 1, 1803) ;Note=1953, Bender Ohio Statehood Act, forgotten on Feb. 19, 1803 {d}
12.2.  =Interstate 71, 1st  metric distance signs #1973 years ago (both miles & kilometers)* ;Note=1973, 1st in the USA {d}
17.9.  =Ohio ratified 14th amendment US Constitution #2003 years ago (137 years after vote in Congress)* ;Note=2003, 1st time Jan. 4, 1867, reversed decision Jan. 15, 1868 {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 176-177