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Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Thursday may 9, 2024 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday may 19, 2024 | Whitsunday | Catholic or protestant | |
Friday july 5, 2024 | End of school year | School holidays | |
Monday july 29, 2024 | Carnival | Secular holiday | |
Monday august 26, 2024 | Beginning of school year | School holidays | |
Friday october 11, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday october 21, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
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 .
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Whitsunday
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
End of school year
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Carnival
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Monday july 29, 2024
Secular holiday :
Beginning of school year
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Monday august 26, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday october 11, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday october 21, 2024
School holidays :