;USA-Texas TX
;State of Texas
;capital: Austin
;Time zones
; - most of state: Central: UTC-6/-5
; - tip of West Texas: Mountain: UTC-7/-6

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COMMENT=Updated February 20, 2015

TYP=Holy
19.1.>1931 =#1931th Confederate Veterans/Heroes Day* ;Note=1st 1932, in honor of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee & other Confederate heroes, Government Code § 662.003 {d}
02.3.  =Texas Independance Day*            ;Note=March 2, 1836 adoption Texas Declaration of Independence, Government Code § 662.003 {d}
21.4.  =San Jacinto Day*                   ;Note=1836 final battle Texas Revolution, Government Code § 662.003 {d}
19.6.>1979 =#1979th Emancipation Day in Texas/Juneteenth ;Note=1st off. 1980, announcement abolition of slavery in Texas, Government Code § 662.003 {d}
27.8.>1972 =#1972th Lyndon Baines Johnson Day** ;Note=1st 1973, birthday U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908), Government Code § 662.003 {d}
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}
01.11.+4Th+1Dy>1980 =#1980th Friday after Thanksgiving Day ;Note=1st 1981, Government Code § 662.003
24.12.>1980 =#1980th Christmas Eve              ;Note=1st 1981, Government Code § 662.003
26.12.>1980 =#1980th Day after Christmas        ;Note=1st 1981, Government Code § 662.003

TYP=Local
;optional holiday: day off with pay in lieu of any other state holiday that occurs on a weekday on which the state agency is required to be open (minimum level)

Es-2Dy>1987 =#1987th Good Friday (optional holiday) ;Note=1st 1988, Government Code § 662.003

{Jewish 01.1.} =Rosh Hashanah (optional holiday) ;Note=Government Code § 662.003
{Jewish 02.1.} =Rosh Hashanah (optional holiday) ;Note=Government Code § 662.003
{Jewish 10.1.} =Yom Kippur (optional holiday)    ;Note=Government Code § 662.003

31.3.>1999 =#1999th César Chávez's birthday (optional holiday) ;Note=1st 2000, Government Code § 662.013



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

01.1.+2Tu =Volunteers for Democracy Day*         ;Note=2nd Tuesday January, Government Code § 662.053
06.1.  =Sam Rayburn Day*                         ;Note=Government Code § 662.041
26.1.  =Mirabeau B. Lamar Day*                   ;Note=honours Mirabeau B. Lamar, 2nd President Texas Republic

19.2.  =State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance Day (STAR Day)* ;Note=1846 Texas joining the Union, Government Code § 662.047

01.3.  =1st day Texas History Month*             ;Note=March, Government Code § 662.102
02.3.-1Su =1st day Texas Week*                   ;Note=week in which March 2 is contained
02.3.  =Texas Independence Day*                  ;Note=1836 signing Texas Declaration of Independence
02.3.  =Texas Flag Day*                          ;Note=Texas Independence Day, Government Code § 662.048
06.3.>1896 =#1896th Alamo (Heroes) Day*          ;Note=1st 1897, end seige of the Alamo by the Mexicans on March 6, 1836 {d}
27.3.  =Goliad Heroes Day*                       ;Note=1836
29.3.  =Texas Loves The Children Day*            ;Note=Precedes the start of National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) {d}

01.4.  =1st day Texas Fruit and Vegetable Month* ;Note=April, Government Code § 662.103
01.4.  =1st day Child Safety Month*              ;Note=April, Government Code § 662.103
09.4.  =Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day* ;Note=Government Code § 662.042
;12.4.  =Texas Territory Day* (?)                 ;Note=1844 {d}
19.4.  =1st day Texas Conservation & Beautification Week (> Apr. 26)*
21.4.>1921 =#1921th Aggie Muster Day*            ;Note=1st off. 1922 {d}
26.4.  =Confederate Memorial Day*                ;Note=local communities & Southern historical organizations
30.4.-1Fr =Texas Arbor Day*                      ;Note=last Friday April {m}

01.5.+2We =Public School Paraprofessional Day*   ;Note=2nd Wednesday May, Government Code § 662.049
01.5.+3Fr-1Su =1st day Transportation Week (7d)*    ;Note=week including 3th Friday May, Government Code § 662.151
01.5.+3Fr+1Sa =7th & last day Transportation Week*  ;Note=week including 3th Friday May, Government Code § 662.151
22.5.  =1st day Intern. Trade Awareness Week (5d)   ;Note=Government Code § 662.043
22.5.  =5th & last day Intern. Trade Awareness Week ;Note=Government Code § 662.043

20.6.>1995 =#1995th Audie Murphy Day*            ;Note=1st 1996 {d}

01.7.  =1st day Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Month* ;Note=July, Government Code § 662.101

01.8.+2Su =Texas Parents Day*                    ;Note=2nd Sunday August, Government Code § 662.046
12.8.  =Texas Pioneers' Day*
26.8.  =Women's Independence Day*                ;Note=1920 ratification 19th Amendment, Government Code § 662.051
27.8.  =Petroleum Day*                           ;Note={d}

01.9.+2Su     =1st day Obesity Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note=2nd full week September, Government Code § 662.152
01.9.+2Su+1Sa =7th & last day Obesity Awareness Week ;Note=2nd full week September, Government Code § 662.152
01.9.+3Sa =Texian Navy Day*                      ;Note=Government Code § 662.052
11.9.  =Texas First Responders Day*              ;Note=Government Code § 662.050
29.9.  =French Legation Day*                     ;Note=signing treaty France-Republic of Texas

01.10.+1Tu>1983 =Texas, #1983th National Night Out* ;Note=1st 1984, all other states: 1st Tuesday August {m}
02.10. =Gonzales Day*                            ;Note=1835 1st skirmish fought in the Texas War for Independence

01.11.+4Th-1Sa =Texas Adoption Day*              ;Note=Saturday before Thanksgiving Day, Government Code § 662.053
01.11. =1st day Lung Cancer Awareness Month*     ;Note=November, Government Code § 662.104
03.11. =Father of Texas Day/Stephen F. Austin's Day* ;Note=1793 birth Stephen F. Austin, Government Code § 662.045
06.11. =DRT Founder's Day*                       ;Note=1891
07.11. =Stephen F. Austin Day*                   ;Note=pays honour to the "Father of Texas," Stephen F. Austin

10.12. =Siege and Battle of Bexar Day*           ;Note=Texas army successfully defeated Mexican army at San Antonio
20.12. =First Flag of Texas Independence Day*    ;Note=Goliad 'Bloody-Arm' flag raised following signing Goliad Declaration of Independence {d}
29.12. =Texas Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1845 {d}

;local
26.12.>2008 =Houston, #2008th Mauro Hamza Day* ;Note=1st 2009 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year
;Texas: New Spain ( -1821), Mexico (1821-1836), independent Republic of Texas (1836-1845), 1845 United States annexed the Republic of Texas
;New Spain (1519–1821) territory contained part of present-day Texas (Nueva Extremadura & Santa Fe de Nuevo México)

06.11. =1st known European set foot on Texas #1528 years ago* ;Note=1528, Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca {d}
20.2.  =French colonists landed at Matagorda Bay #1685 years ago* ;Note=1685, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle {d}
07.11. =San Felipe de Austin, 1st Texas provisional government formed #1835 jaar geleden* ;Note=1835 {d}
20.12. =Goliad Declaration of Independence signed #1835 years ago* ;Note=1835 {d}
02.3.  =Texas declared independent republic #1836 years ago (from Mexico)* ;Note=1836, Declaration of Independence, >29.12.1845 {d}
21.4.  =Battle of San Jacinto #1836 years ago (final battle Revolution)* ;Note=1836, General Sam Houston {d}
30.8.  =Houston founded #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, brothers Augustus Chapman Allen & John Kirby Allen, incorp. June 5, 1837 {d}
10.12. =1st Flag of Texas (Burnet Flag) adopted #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, >Jan. 24, 1839 {d}
05.6.  =Houston incorporated #1837 years ago* ;Note=1837, founded Aug. 30, 1836 {d}
24.1.  =current Flag of Texas (Lone Star Flag) adopted #1839 years ago* ;Note=1839 {d}
12.4.  =US President sings annexation of Texas #1844 years ago (June 8, 1844 rejected by Senate)* ;Note=1844 {d}
01.3.  =Republic of Texas off. annexed to the United States #1845 years ago* ;Note=1845, bill signed by President John Tyler, form. accepted by Texas July 4, 1845 {d}
23.6.  =consent Congress of Texas with US annexation #1845 years ago* ;Note=1845, eff Dec. 29, 1845 {d}
04.7.  =Republic of Texas formaly accepted annexation to the United States #1845 years ago* ;Note=1845, Act of Congress March 1, 1845 {d}
29.12. =Texas off. admitted to the Union #1845 years ago (28th state) ;Note=1845, Joint Resolution of Congress {d}
19.2.  =off. transfer of power Republic of Texas> State of Union #1846 years ago ;Note=1846, government formally installed in Austin {d}
02.2.  =Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico gave up any claim to Texas #1848 years ago* ;Note=1848 {d}
01.2.  =Texas Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
02.3.  =Texas admitted to Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
02.3.  =Fifth Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Texas & Louisiana {d}
18.2.  =Texas ratifies 13th Amendment #1870 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1870, 33th state {d}
30.3.  =Texas readmitted to the Union #1870 years ago* ;Note=1870 {d}
04.10. =Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas opened #1876 years ago (1963 >Texas A & M University)* ;Note=1876 {d}
10.1.  =Beaumond-Spindletop, 1st major oil well drilled #1901 years ago* ;Note=1901 {d}
10.2.  =Texas Technological College chartered #1923 years ago (1969 >Texas Tech University)* ;Note=1923, opened fall 1925 {d}
02.8.  =Dallas, 1st Hilton-hotel #1925 years ago** ;Note=1925, Conrad Hilton {d}
18.4.  =Fort Worth, open. 1st self-service laundry (worldwide) #1934 years ago* ;Note=1934, J. F. Cantrell, Washateria {d}
26.3.  =Crystal City, statue of Popeye erected #1937 years ago* ;Note=1937 {d}


;The entries for Texas 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/Texas
;http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/cqcgi?CQ_SESSION_KEY=ARZNCBCQQLGX&CQ_QUERY_HANDLE=127843&CQ_CUR_DOCUMENT=6&CQ_TLO_DOC_TEXT=YES
;http://www.alamodescendants.org/Htm%20Pages/TX%20Memorial%20Days.htm
;http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txilcdrt/Texas_Honor_Days.htm
;http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/holidays.html
;http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/ComeWorkForUs/holidays.asp
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 182