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'''Navy Day''' is a [[Chile]]an national holiday ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: '''Día de las Glorias Navales''', literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year.<ref>{{cite act| title= Fija los Dias Feriados |type=Ley |number= 2977 |language=Spanish |date= 1 February 1915 |page=1 |url=http://bcn.cl/1uvt6 |website=bcn.cl|accessdate=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.feriadoschilenos.cl/#DiaDeLasGloriasNavales | title=Días Feriados en Chile |website=www.feriadoschilenos.cl| accessdate=18 May 2016|language=ES}}</ref> The day was selected to commemorate the [[Battle of Iquique]], which occurred on May 21, 1879 during the [[War of the Pacific]]. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the [[President |
'''Navy Day''' is a [[Chile]]an national holiday ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: '''Día de las Glorias Navales''', literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year.<ref>{{cite act| title= Fija los Dias Feriados |type=Ley |number= 2977 |language=Spanish |date= 1 February 1915 |page=1 |url=http://bcn.cl/1uvt6 |website=bcn.cl|accessdate=18 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.feriadoschilenos.cl/#DiaDeLasGloriasNavales | title=Días Feriados en Chile |website=www.feriadoschilenos.cl| accessdate=18 May 2016|language=ES}}</ref> The day was selected to commemorate the [[Battle of Iquique]], which occurred on May 21, 1879 during the [[War of the Pacific]]. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the [[President of Chile]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.officeholidays.com/countries/chile/navy_day.php |title= Navy Day| website = www.officeholidays.coms}}</ref> (Spanish: '''{{lang|es|La Cuenta Anual del Presidente de la República de Chile}}'''), also known as the '''Mensaje Presidencial''' or '''Discurso del 21 de mayo'''), until it was moved on June 1 in 2017 to avoid major protest actions on that day (the practice returned in 2019). |
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Navy Day is a Chilean national holiday (Spanish: Día de las Glorias Navales, literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year.[1][2] The day was selected to commemorate the Battle of Iquique, which occurred on May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the President of Chile[3] (Spanish: La Cuenta Anual del Presidente de la República de Chile), also known as the Mensaje Presidencial or Discurso del 21 de mayo), until it was moved on June 1 in 2017 to avoid major protest actions on that day (the practice returned in 2019).
References
- ^ Fija los Dias Feriados. bcn.cl (Ley 2977) (in Spanish). 1 February 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Días Feriados en Chile". www.feriadoschilenos.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Navy Day". www.officeholidays.coms.
External links
Media related to Día de las Glorias Navales at Wikimedia Commons
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