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North American Weekday Holiday Act

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In the US and Canada, a number of public holidays and observances occur on particular weekdays of a month, rather than on specific calendar dates (day of month). This is apparently done in many instances to schedule their occurrence close to a weekend. Unfortunately, the laws defining these holidays usually specify the weekday of a particular calendar month. As a result, the actual occurrence of these holidays is haphazard from year to year, and the intervals between such holidays vary from year to year, making the planning of work, vacation, and academic schedules difficult. —Walter Ziobro

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In the US and Canada, a number of public holidays and observances occur on particular weekdays of a month, rather than on specific calendar dates (day of month). This is apparently done in many instances to schedule their occurrence close to a weekend. Unfortunately, the laws defining these holidays usually specify the weekday of a particular calendar month. As a result, the actual occurrence of these holidays is haphazard from year to year, and the intervals between such holidays vary from year to year, making the planning of work, vacation, and academic schedules difficult. If all these holidays and observances were defined in terms of one specified date, then they would all occur at regular intervals from year to year. I believe that the best date would be the first Thursday of January. In this way, each such weekday holiday would always occur on the same ISO weekday in any given year. Below is a table showing a list of such holidays and observances, how they are currently defined, and how they could be redefined: —Walter Ziobro