| Labor Day/May Day - Saturday May 1, 2021 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 .
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| Ascension holiday (beginning) - Friday May 7, 2021 School holidays :
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| Ascension - Thursday May 13, 2021 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.
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| Ascension holiday (end) - Monday May 17, 2021 School holidays :
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| Pentecost holiday (beginning) - Friday May 21, 2021 School holidays :
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| Whit Monday - Monday May 24, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
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| Pentecost holiday (end) - Tuesday May 25, 2021 School holidays :
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| Pentecost holiday (end) - Tuesday May 25, 2021 School holidays :
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| Hamburg International Boat Show - Friday May 28, 2021 Tradeshows : Lasts 1 week
https://www.yachtfestival.de/ 2021 edition CONFIRMED (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Wednesday June 23, 2021 School holidays :
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| Tennis Masters Series Hamburg - Monday July 12, 2021 Sports events : Www.atptennis.com/ 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Summer holiday (end) - Thursday August 5, 2021 School holidays :
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