Monday, January 19, 2009

Notably

All the major news organizations are reporting that today, January 19, would have been Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 80th birthday. This is erroneous.

While we commemorate Dr. King's birthday variously, according to which day of the week is works best as a national holiday, Rev. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 not on January 19th.