| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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| May Day Revolution - Saturday May 25, 2019 Secular holiday : Anniversary of the 1810 Revolution ( Revolución de Mayo )
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| National Flag Day - Wednesday June 20, 2018 Secular holiday : Commemorates the death of Manuel Belgrano, (1770 - 1820) an Argentine lawyer, politician, and general in the first autonomous government of Argentina who in 1812, created the national flag of Argentina. It was raised for the first time on February 27 of that year, in an island in the Parana River, opposite the city of Rosario. He also led the Jujuy Exodus (Exodo Jujeno), which prepared the ground for victories of the Argentine War of Independence in the northwest of the country. Official day of celebration is June 20.
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday July 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday July 6, 2018 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Saturday July 7, 2018 School holidays :
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| Independence Day - Tuesday July 9, 2019 Secular holiday : Obtained from Spain in 1810 2017 calendar confirmed www.mininterior.gob.ar/
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| Winter holiday (end) - Monday July 23, 2018 School holidays :
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| General San Martin's Anniversary - Monday August 20, 2018 Secular holiday : The Argentinian General José Francisco de San Martín died in 1850 Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San Martín
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| Teacher Day - Tuesday September 11, 2018 School holidays : observed in primary schools only [Wikipedia]
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| Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity - Monday October 15, 2018 Secular holiday : Was called Spanishness Day or Dia de la Raza until 2010
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| National Sovereignty Day - Monday November 19, 2018 Secular holiday : From 2010
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