| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 18, 2018 Special Events :
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| National day of the Memory by the Truth and Justice - Sunday March 24, 2019 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1976 coup that ushered in the last dictatorship of the country. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday March 29, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 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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| Passover - Friday March 30, 2018 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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| Optional holiday - Saturday March 31, 2018 Jewish : Jewish Easter for the Jewish community only
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| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Malvinas Day - Monday April 2, 2018 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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| Optional holiday - Wednesday April 24, 2019 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1915 genocide in Turkey for the Armenian community only
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| Bridge day - Monday April 30, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| 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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| Reporter's Day - Friday June 7, 2019 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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| Optional holiday - Wednesday June 13, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan for the Muslim community only
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday June 15, 2018 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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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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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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| General strike - Monday June 25, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Independence Day - Monday July 9, 2018 Secular holiday : Obtained from Spain in 1810 2017 calendar confirmed www.mininterior.gob.ar/
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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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| Optional holiday - Wednesday August 22, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice for the Muslim community only
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| Rosh Hashanah - Monday September 10, 2018 cards/flowers : Jewish New Year NOT a public holiday
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| Optional holiday - Wednesday September 12, 2018 Muslim, Sufi : Islamic new year for the Muslim community only
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| Optional holiday - Sunday September 16, 2018 Jewish : Jewish new year for the Jewish community only
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| Optional holiday - Tuesday September 18, 2018 Jewish : Yom Kippur observed by the Jewish community
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