The following are recognized Institute holidays through the end of 1999 with the dates on which the holidays are observed:
Labor Day -- Monday, September 7, 1998
Columbus Day -- Monday, October 12, 1998
Veterans Day -- Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Thanksgiving Day -- Thursday, November 26, 1998
Day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 27, 1998
Christmas Day -- Friday, December 25, 1998
New Year's Day -- Friday, January 1, 1999
Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- Monday, January 18, 1999
Presidents Day -- Monday, February 15, 1999
Patriots Day -- Monday, April 19, 1999
Memorial Day -- Monday, May 31, 1999
Independence Day -- Monday, July 5, 1999
Labor Day -- Monday, September 6, 1999
Columbus Day -- Monday, October 11, 1999
Veterans Day -- Thursday, November 11, 1999
Thanksgiving Day -- Thursday, November 25, 1999
Christmas Day -- Friday, December 24, 1999
Day before New Year's Friday, December 31, 1999
New Year's Day -- Monday, January 3, 2000
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on September 23, 1998.