;USA-South Dakota SD
;State of South Dakota
;capital: Pierre
;Time zones
; - eastern half: Central: UTC-6/-5
; - western half: Mountain: UTC-7/-6

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-South_Dakota.gif
COMMENT=Updated April 17, 2014

TYP=Holy
01.10.+2Mo<1990 =Columbus Day ;Note=1990 >Native American Day, Oct. 12, observed 2nd Monday October {m}
01.10.+2Mo>1989 =#1989th Native American Day ;Note=replaces Columbus Day, 1st 1990, Oct. 12, observed 2nd Monday October, South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-1.2 {m}


TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

17.4.>2003 =#2003th Joe Foss Day ;Note=1st 2004, 1915 birthday, SL 2004, South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-12 {d}
30.4.-1Fr =South Dakota Arbor Day ;Note=last Friday April, South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-10 {m}
10.5.  =Confederate Memorial Day
25.6.  =Little Big Horn Recognition Day ;Note=South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-8 {d}
12.10.<1990 =Columbus Day ;Note=1990 >Native American Day, Oct. 12, observed 2nd Monday October
12.10.>1989 =#1989th Native American Day ;Note=replaces Columbus Day, Oct. 12, observed 2nd Monday October
02.11. =South Dakota Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1889, South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-1.3 {d}
15.12. =Bill of Rights Day ;Note=South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-11 {d}
29.12. =Wounded Knee Day ;Note=South Dakota Codes Title 1 ch 5, § 1, 1-5-9 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained most of present-day South 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}
22.2.  =South Dakota Enabling Act #1889 years ago* ;Note=1889, authorizing formation of a State government & Admission thereafter {d}
02.11. =North Dakota & South Dakota became separate states #1889 years ago
02.11. =South Dakota off. admitted to the Union #1889 years ago (40th state) ;Note=1889, Proclamation by President Benjamin Harrison {d}
10.8.  =Sculpture at Mount Rushmore began #1927 years ago* ;Note=1927, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, completed Oct. 31, 1941 {d}
31.10. =Sculpture at Mount Rushmore completed #1941 years ago** ;Note=1941, heads of four US Presidents carved into granite, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, began Aug. 10, 1927 {d}
03.6.  =Black Hills, work on Crazy Horse Memorial started #1948 years ago* ;Note=1948, world's largest mountain carving, face finished June 3, 1998 {d}


;The entries for South 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/South_Dakota
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 181
;http://policy.mofcom.gov.cn/english/flaw!fetch.action?id=d0fa5df2-7c64-4c9a-b75b-b547a28c9e94