| Malvinas Day - Thursday April 2, 2020 Secular holiday : Veterans Day and tribute to the fallen in the Malvinas War Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Used to be celebrated on June 10 until 2004.
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 9, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Optional holiday - Thursday April 9, 2020 Jewish : Jewish Easter for the Jewish community only
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Passover - Wednesday April 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Motorcycle Grand Prix - Sunday April 19, 2020 Sports events : 2020 edition confirmed
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| Optional holiday - Friday April 24, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1915 genocide in Turkey for the Armenian community only
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| Labor Day/May Day - Friday May 1, 2020 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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| Optional holiday - Friday May 22, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan for the Muslim community only
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Sunday May 24, 2020 cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful NOT a public holiday [Wikipedia]
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| May Day Revolution - Monday May 25, 2020 Secular holiday : Anniversary of the 1810 Revolution ( Revolución de Mayo )
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| Reporter's Day - Sunday June 7, 2020 Culture : Establecido en 1938 en el Primer Congreso Nacional de Periodistas celebrado en la provincia de Córdoba en recuerdo de la Gazeta de Buenos Ayres , primer periódico de la etapa independentista argentina fundado por Mariano Moreno en 1810 Wikipedia
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| Martín Miguel de Güemes day - Monday June 15, 2020 Secular holiday : 8 February 1785 – 17 June 1821) was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spanish during the Argentine War of Independence [Wikipedia]
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| National Flag Day - Saturday June 20, 2020 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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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 21, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Independence Day - Thursday July 9, 2020 Secular holiday : Obtained from Spain in 1810
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| Bridge day - Friday July 10, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| Optional holiday - Friday July 31, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice for the Muslim community only
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