fathers day became an official holiday in 2006.
when did fathers day become an official holiday?
2006
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the malcolm x day holiday has been an official holiday in the municipality of berkeley, california since 1979. since then, there have been multiple proposals for the holiday to be official elsewhere. most recently in 2015, a proposal put forth by the council of islamic organizations of chicago to make the holiday official in the u.s. state of illinois. the illinois proposal differs from the berkeley, california resolution in that the holiday would be observed may 19 instead of the third friday in may. before that, unsuccessful attempts were made in atlanta, georgia, and washington, d.c., with numerous calls for it to be celebrated alongside martin luther king, jr. day as a federal holiday. in 1993, this holiday was proposed at the federal level to congress as h.j.r. #323 by congressman charles rangel. in 2015, the illinois senate unanimously passed the resolution for the official holiday designation where the law "... officially designated 'may 19, 2015, and every may 19 thereafter' as malcolm x day. though the resolution passed making the holiday official, the illinois official list of holidays still has yet to reflect the holiday.
malcolm x day