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National Single Parent Day, 1984

Public Law 98-240 and Presidential Proclamation 5166 designated March 21, 1984 as National Single Parent Day.

Date / rule21 March 1984
ScopeUnited States / one-time federal designation
VerificationFederal Historical Statute Proclamation Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is National Single Parent Day, 1984?

Public Law 98-240 and Presidential Proclamation 5166 designated March 21, 1984 as National Single Parent Day.

Date and recurrence

21 March 1984

This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / one-time federal designation. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

National Single Parent Day

Classification

Topic and context

Relationships & Family →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Historical Context Only.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. GovInfo — Public Law 98-240Federal Primary
  2. GovInfo — Proclamation 5166Federal Primary
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is National Single Parent Day, 1984?

21 March 1984 The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical federal designation: 21 March 1984; verify separately before claiming current federal annual designation.

Does National Single Parent Day, 1984 fall on the same date every year?

The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.

Is National Single Parent Day, 1984 an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / one-time federal designation. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes National Single Parent Day, 1984?

The stored designation basis is: Public Law 98-240 and Presidential Proclamation 5166 designated March 21, 1984 as National Single Parent Day.. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo — Public Law 98-240. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is National Single Parent Day, 1984 international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / one-time federal designation.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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