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".
‹ Earlier in historyThe First Celebration1908 Later in history ›Ehrlich Received The Nobel PrizeThursday Dec 10, 1908
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