Labor Day/May Day
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Monday may 1, 2023
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 .
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday may 5, 2023
Banks only : Defeating the Napoleon III cavalry, Texan general Zaragosa started a military cooperation with Mexico, leading to the supremacy of an army that would win, 14 months later, the battle of Gettysburg, ending the American Civil War. a public holiday in the state of Puebla Battle of Puebla against the French
Teachers' Day
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Monday may 15, 2023
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Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 2, 2023
School holidays : Training for teachers
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday june 12, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday june 12, 2023
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday july 20, 2023
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Summer holiday (end)
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Tuesday september 12, 2023
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Independence Day
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Saturday september 16, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the start of the Independence War by Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1810 Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday [Wikipedia]
School holiday
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Thursday november 2, 2023
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Defuncts' Day (All Souls Day)
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Thursday november 2, 2023
Banks only : 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.
Celebration of the Revolution
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Monday november 20, 2023
Secular holiday : 1910 revolution