Why is April 16 a holiday?
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April 16th is Emancipation Day in Washington D.C., commemorating the day in 1862 that Abraham Lincon signed the Compensated Emancipation Act for the District of ColumbiaApril 16th is also the Feast Day of many Catholic Saints including Benedict Joseph Labre, Drogo, Fructuosus, Paternus, Turibius and Bernadette.
In 2006, April 16th was also the date of Mawlid (the birth of Muhammed) in Shi'a Islam
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