This article describes any leap year starting on Tuesday. Examples include 1924, 1952, 1980, 2008, 2036, 2064, and 2092 in the Gregorian calendar, which is used in most of the world. The only dominical letter of leap years beginning on Tuesdays is called FE.
This leap year is one of three leap years to have only one Friday the 13th, the others being Leap year starting on Friday and Leap year starting on Saturday. The Friday the 13th in this leap year is in June. This characteristic is shared with Common Years Starting on Wednesday.
In this leap year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on its latest possible date, January 21, Valentine’s Day is on a Thursday, Presidents Day is on February 18, the leap day, February 29, is on a Friday, St. Patrick’s Day is on a Monday, Mother’s Day is on May 11, Memorial Day is on May 26, Father’s Day is on its earliest possible date, June 15, Independence Day is on a Friday, Labor Day is on its earliest possible date, September 1, Columbus Day is on October 13, Halloween is on a Friday, Veterans Day is on a Tuesday, Thanksgiving is on November 27, and Christmas is on a Thursday.