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 .
General strike
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Secular holiday :
May Day Revolution
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Saturday may 25, 2024
Secular holiday : Anniversary of the 1810 Revolution ( Revolución de Mayo )
Martín Miguel de Güemes day
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Monday june 17, 2024
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]
National Flag Day
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Thursday june 20, 2024
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.
Optional holiday
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Monday july 8, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Islamic new year for the Muslim community only
Independence Day
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Tuesday july 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Obtained from Spain in 1810
Step to the Immortality of General José de San Martín
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Saturday august 17, 2024
Secular holiday : José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (Yapeyú, Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata, 25 February 1778 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín or El Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was a Spanish-Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left his mother country at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain.
Optional holiday
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Monday september 16, 2024
Jewish : Jewish new year for the Jewish community only
Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity
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Saturday october 12, 2024
Secular holiday : Was called Spanishness Day or Dia de la Raza until 2010
National Sovereignty Day
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Monday november 18, 2024
Secular holiday : From 2010