| Fête du Travail - Mercredi 1 Mai 2019 Jour férié laïc : 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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| Fête des Mères - Dimanche 13 Mai 2018 Cartes/Fleurs : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914
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| Bataille de Las Piedras - Lundi 21 Mai 2018 Clôture des banques : Fin de la guerre entre le Brésil et l'Uruguay en 1828
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| Anniversaire de José Artigas - Mardi 19 Juin 2018 Jour férié laïc : En hommage au général José Gervasio Artigas, fondateur de l'Uruguay, né en 1764. Ce jour a également été nommé « Nunca Más » en 2006
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| Vacances d'hiver (début) - Vendredi 29 Juin 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Fête des Pères - Dimanche 8 Juillet 2018 Cartes/Fleurs :
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| Vacances d'hiver (fin) - Lundi 9 Juillet 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Proclamation de la première Constitution - Jeudi 18 Juillet 2019 Jour férié laïc : Une forme collégiale de gouvernement fut formée après la démission du Parlement en 1951.
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| Fête de l'Indépendance - Samedi 25 Août 2018 Jour férié laïc : Accordée par l'Espagne en 1825 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Roch Hachanah - Lundi 10 Septembre 2018 Cartes/Fleurs : Jewish New Year NOT a public holiday
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| Vacances intermédiaires (début) - Vendredi 14 Septembre 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Vacances intermédiaires (fin) - Lundi 24 Septembre 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Día de la Raza/Jour de l'Hispanité (avancé au lundi) - Lundi 15 Octobre 2018 Jour férié laïc : To commemorate the arrival of Columbus in Americas in 1492. It is also celebrated as the day of the Armed Forces in Spain.
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| Journée du journalisme - Mardi 23 Octobre 2018 Evénements exceptionnels : Día de 1815 en el que José Artigas pidió al Cabildo de Montevideo que apoyara la publicación Prospecto Oriental , de Mateo Vidal, calificada por el prócer como herramienta fundamental , oficio en el que tamién reclamaba promover la libertad de prensa en la nación. El 3 de diciembre de 1990 se promulgó la ley 16.154, que oficializó el día de la celebración Wikipedia
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| Toussaint (début) - Vendredi 26 Octobre 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Fête des Morts - Vendredi 2 Novembre 2018 Catholique : This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years,but which was intended in prehispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead. This holiday is a time when Mexican families remember their dead and the continuity of life. The original celebration can be traced to the Aztec civilization, in the month of Miccailhuitontli, presided by the Lady of the Dead , goddess Mictecacihuatl and dedicated to children and the dead. This celebration is also observed in other countries in Latin América. Families visit the graves and engage in sprucing up the gravesite, decorating it with flowers, setting out and eating a festive picnic.
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| Toussaint (fin) - Lundi 5 Novembre 2018 vacances scolaires :
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| Hanouccah - Vendredi 30 Novembre 2018 Cartes/Fleurs : Commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt (2nd century BC) NOT a public holiday
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