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Official Holidays 2009

MONTH
DATE  
DAY
OCCASION

January

1

Thursday

New Year's Day

R/A 

January

19

Monday

Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday

A

February

1

Sunday

Hero's Day

R

February

16

Monday

U.S. Presidents' Day

A

April

7

Tuesday

 National Mourning Day

R

April

 10

Friday

 Good Friday

R

May

1

Friday

Labor Day

R

May

25

Monday

Memorial Day

A

July

1

Wednesday

Rwandan Independence Day

R

July

3

Friday

U.S. Independence Day

A

July

4

Saturday

Rwandan Liberation Day

R

August

15

Saturday

Assumption

R

September

7

Tuesday

Labor Day

A

September

??

????

Id-El-Fitr (1)

R

October

12

Monday

Columbus Day

A

November

11

Wednesday

Veterans' Day

A

November

26

Thursday

Thanksgiving Day

A

December

25

Friday

Christmas Day

R/A 

December

26

saturday

Day After Christmas

R 

(1) Id-El-Fitr date depends upon lunar sighting; the exact date will be announced as soon as it is determined.
 

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