Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
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 .
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Foundation Day
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Monday august 5, 2024
Secular holiday : The date for the formation of the Aborigines Rights Protection Society by John Mensah Sarbah in 1897, and the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947 by J.B. Danquah and George Alfred Paa Grant. not a paid holiday when falling on a Sunday
Wame Nkrumah Memorial Day
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Saturday september 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the birth of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972), Ghana's first president
Wame Nkrumah Memorial Day
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Monday september 23, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the birth of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972), Ghana's first president