[DOC] [TLE] Lincoln's Birthday - Wikipedia [PAR] ... Lincoln's Birthday celebrations because Lincoln was the first Republican ... [DOC] [TLE] History of Presidents' Day: Celebrating the Birthdays of George ... [PAR] Jan 24, 2014 ... S.623, the bill that made Washington's Birthday a legal holiday in ... George 
Washington, our first president, was actually born on ... It wasn't until 1892, 
however, that Lincoln's birthday finally became ... Many states followed Illinois' 
lead, but not surprisingly, several southern Confederate states choose to... [DOC] [TLE] Presidents' Day - Holidays - HISTORY.com [PAR] While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of ... 
Lincoln and Ronald Reagan_were born in February, but their birthdays all come 
either ... of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it became a federal 
holiday. ... Independence Day and Thanksgivingand was the first to celebrate 
the life of... [DOC] [TLE] The History Place - This Month in History: January [PAR] January 1, 1892 - Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened. ... powers and 
confirming that no single nation would make a separate peace. ... January 5, 
1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female .... In 1983, the 
third Monday in January was designated a legal holiday in the U.S. to celebrate 
his birthday. [DOC] [TLE] Tulane University - Diversity Calendar [PAR] Always celebrated on the third Monday in January, this federal holiday ... In 1892, 
the first Ellis Island Immigration Station was officially opened in New York ... 
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from ... He 
stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not 
have... [DOC] [TLE] Crazy Days To Celebrate: February 2014 [PAR] Feb 2, 2014 ... I have heard that pigs make great pets and they are cute but I'm not sure I would 
be ..... Diesel Engine Day  On this day in 1892, Rudolph Diesel, a German ..... 
Nellie Jay and later on Sky Queen, became the first cow to travel by airplane. ... 
Washington's Birthday  A United States Federal holiday that is... [DOC] [TLE] The Historical Society: November 2013 [PAR] Nov 1, 2013 ... The story of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday is fuzzier. ... The 
answer is that Lincoln appears essentially to have been pushed ... An 
astonishing seventeen state governors declared state thanksgiving holidays in 
November .... at home or apologizing to Georgie for not writing on her birthday. [DOC] [TLE] Italian earthquake: Corruption? Maybe. It's worse - PravdaReport [PAR] May 9, 2016 ... Araldo Di Crollalanza, born in 1892, was minister from 1930 to 1935. He later 
became president of the National Organization Fighters and linked ... to provide 
for the first needs for aid and assistance to the earthquake victims. ... Many of 
them, simply, have no knowledge of earthquake-resistant techniques. [DOC] [TLE] ANS Digital Library: Medallic Art of the American Numismatic ... [PAR] In addition, with the exception of the United States Mint, no entity in this .... First (
1865) circular seeking subscriptions for the Lincoln medal (author's collection). ... 
Meant to have been given as part of a celebration in honor of Lincoln's birthday, 
the ... though additional bronze medals were also later offered (Weeks 1892: 22). [DOC] [TLE] Anniversaries - Religious Holidays - Read the Spirit [PAR] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014: Washington's Birthday, a federal holiday ... 
Our first president's birthday was declared a holiday by the U.S. Congress in 
1879. ... To make matters more confusing, Lincoln's Birthday is an official 
February 12 ... New York state should honor two often-forgotten presidents: 
Millard Filmore (No. [DOC] [TLE] Today in History February 12 [PAR] 1793 Feb 12, The US federal government passed its first fugitive slave law. ... In 
1860, Lincoln became the first president elected from the new Republican Party. 
... state on February 17, supported by the army but not favored by the oligarchy 
because ... 1892 Feb 12, Illinois made President Lincoln's birthday a state 
holiday.

Question: Not surprisingly in 1892, this state became the first to make Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday
Answer: Illinois