When is MLK Day? Music and Politics Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 16, 2017February 13, 20240 Rev. Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day): In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill making the third Monday of January a national holiday to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young, Presidents Bush and Clinton,
