SaoTomé and Principe : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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Sunday May 1, 2022 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday June 15, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Tuesday July 12, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day | |
Tuesday September 6, 2022 | Armed Forces Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday September 12, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Agricultural Reform Day | Secular holiday | |
Saturday November 26, 2022 | Algiers Agreement Day | Events, celebrations... | |
Labor Day/May Day
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Sunday May 1, 2022
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 .
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday June 15, 2022
School holidays : 9, 11, 12 grades: June 7, 2022
First cycle: June 30, 2022
Independence Day
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Tuesday July 12, 2022
Secular holiday : Transitional government instituted in 1974
Armed Forces Day
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Tuesday September 6, 2022
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday September 12, 2022
School holidays :
Agricultural Reform Day
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Friday September 30, 2022
Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Algiers Agreement Day
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Saturday November 26, 2022
Culture : The new Portuguese regime was committed to the dissolution of its overseas colonies; on November 26, 1974, the representatives of Portugal met with the MLSTP party in Algiers and worked out an agreement for the transfer of sovereignty. After a period of transitional government, Sao Tome and Principe achieved independence on July 12, 1975.