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Labor Day in Spain, known there as Día del Trabajador or Primero de Mayo, was first celebrated on May 1, 1889. [1] The way in which Spaniards celebrate Primero de Mayo has varied greatly since then, due primarily to the Francoist State, which lasted from 1936 to 1975. After 4 decades of being prohibited, in 1978 the celebration was finally re ...
The Plaza Primero de Mayo was inaugurated in 1925, on land belonging to an old English Protestant cemetery, that operated on the site between 1833 and 1891. [2] This cemetery was known by the name of La Victoria, located on the street of that name, now Hipólito Yrigoyen.
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil.
1° de Mayo may refer to: 1º de Mayo (Seville Metro), in Seville, Spain; 1° de Mayo (Mexibús, Line 1), in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico; 1° de ...
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries [1] and often referred to as May Day, [2] [3] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, [4] [5] or the first Monday in May.
Primero de Mayo (Los Mangos), settlement in Pueblo Viejo Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico; Avenida Primero de Mayo , a major road in Bogotá, Colombia; ARA Primero de Mayo, first Argentine exploration ship in the Melchior Islands, Antarctica; Club Primero de Mayo, Bolivian football club from Trinidad, Beni, promoted in the 2008 Copa Simón Bolívar
Veinticinco de Mayo ("25 May") is the name of several administrative divisions, cities, public spaces, and landforms of Argentina. There are departments of this name in the provinces of Chaco, Misiones, San Juan, Rio Negro, and Buenos Aires, the latter one holding the Veinticinco de Mayo city. The cities of Rosario (Santa Fe), Junín (Buenos ...
Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. [1]The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of ...