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1950. Portugal. Children's Day.
Children's Day is often celebrated on other days as well. International Day for Protection of Children, observed in many countries as Children's Day on June 1 since 1950, is said to have been established by the Women's International Democratic Federation on its November 1949 congress in Paris.Web: Wikipedia
1886. World-wide. May Day or International Workers' Day.
May Day has been set aside to commemorate the labor movement in many countries around the world. An international workers’ day was first called for in 1889 at the Second International, a meeting of socialists in Paris, France. The day was intended to honor anarchist workers who were sentenced to death following the Haymarket Square Riot in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois.Web: Encarta Encyclopedia
1974. Portugal. Carnation Revolution or end of the dictatorship of 48 years of Antonio Oliveira Salazar.
1886. World-wide. May Day or International Workers' Day.
May Day has been set aside to commemorate the labor movement in many countries around the world. An international workers’ day was first called for in 1889 at the Second International, a meeting of socialists in Paris, France. The day was intended to honor anarchist workers who were sentenced to death following the Haymarket Square Riot in 1886 in Chicago, Illinois.Web: Encarta Encyclopedia
1640. Portugal. Restoration of the independence.
It commemorates the patriotic movement that placed in the throne of Portugal to the dynasty of Braganza. From 1580 to 1640 Portugal lived under Austrian domination. Philip II was proclaimed 1580 King of Portugal with the name of Philip I. The restoration of the independence was initiated into Lisbon the 1st of December 1640 for a group of nobles who hailed John IV King of Portugal. The final peace agreement would take, still, 28 years more.Web: Wikipedia
1974. Portugal. Carnation Revolution or end of the dictatorship of 48 years of Antonio Oliveira Salazar.
1910. Portugal. The proclamation of the First Portuguese Republic.
In October,5 1910 the army and navy backed a republican revolution that deposed King Manuel II and established a provisional republican government.Web: Wikipedia
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1974. Seixal (Portugal). Workers of the Mundet factory, threatened of closure, take the direction of the company.
This day, in the context of the Carnation Revolution, marks the beginning of the process that the workers of Mundet cork factory in Seixal take the direction of the company under threat of closure and thus save their jobs.