Mother's Day - Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother's Day an official holiday
Time: 1908
Place: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Details: In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother's Day an official holiday, joking that they would also have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day".
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