On this date…
In 1986…The United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1981… The remaining 52 hostages in Iran were released ,ending 444 days in captivity
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced the United States Olympic Team would not participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The Move was announced to protest the Soviet Invasion of Afganistan.
