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January 18, 2027

Martin Luther King Jr. Day leads today's complete edition for United States.

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Regional/Cultural Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Observed on the third Monday of January. In Atlanta, the King Center holds a commemorative service that fills Ebenezer Baptist Church. In Memphis, the National Civil Rights Museum offers free admission. In smaller towns across the South, the day is still quietly contested. Some Southern school districts only started observing it after being forced by state legislatures. The holiday was signed into law in 1983, but South Carolina didn't recognize it until 2000. New Hampshire called it "Civil Rights Day" until 1999. The past is not past.

A solitary impala stands gracefully in the lush savannah of South Africa, embodying wildlife beauty.
Regional/Cultural Day

Animals of South Sudan Day

You see the Nile crocodiles, African buffalo, and white rhinoceros that inhabit South Sudan's wetlands and savannas. You observe that cattle, goats, and camels are the animals most commonly kept by pastoral communities throughout South Sudan. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.

A weathered building with a man sitting outside in the urban streets of Mindelo, Cape Verde.
Regional/Cultural Day

Products of Cape Verde Day

You know Cape Verde as a producer of excellent coffee, particularly from the island of Santiago, and for its distinctive local grogue (a sugarcane rum) that represents Cape Verdean hospitality and heritage. You appreciate that these products connect the island nation's African and Portuguese influences, offering tastes that reflect centuries of cultural exchange across the Atlantic.