In 2025, Memorial Day is one of 12 federal holidays listed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Along with federal offices, banks and financial markets are typically closed on federal holidays.

Dwight D. Eisenhower received a letter that asked him how the June 6, 1944, amphibious assault came to be commonly called D-Day. Answering through his executive assistant, Eisenhower replied that ...

Therefore, the United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development.

The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish ...