On 1 May 1886 produced the first general strike in the U.S., demanding working time of 8 hours. It unleashes repression, which in some cities is fierce. In Chicago, the police fire on protesters workers on the 1st and 3rd May. There are dead and wounded. On day 5 there is an attack which are charged a group of strike leaders in the city.
Without proof of his responsibility in the events, the workers Fischer, Engel, Parsons, Spies, and Lingg were condemned to death and hanged. Since then, are the "Martyrs Chicago "
National Constitution Day Argentina
Our Constitution was modeled on the U.S. constitution (1787), the English monarchy (1812), Switzerland (1832), Chile (1833) and France (1783 and 1848). You had in mind the book Foundations of Juan Bautista Alberdi.
The wording of the Constitution was completed in the last days of April 1853 and the project was approved May 1. On 24 May a committee was formed to visit Urquiza and hand over the original first. Urquiza here the Constitution promulgated on 25 May chasques immediately sent to the provinces so that he could be sworn on 9 July. With the exception of Buenos Aires, all provinces swore this Constitution.
Changes and modifications
This Constitution was enacted on 1 May 1853 by a Constitutional Convention met in the city of Santa Fe was modified by reforms in the years 1860, 1866, 1898, 1949, 1957, 1972 1994. The reforms introduced in 1949 and in 1972 took effect. The National Constitutional Convention of 1994 ordered the constitutional text, published in the Official Gazette on August 23, 1994, complete with errata 24 August. Law 24,430 of December 15, 1994, promulgated on January 3, 1995 and published in the Official Gazette on January 10, 1995 ordered "the publication of the official text of the Constitution." 24,820 law enacted on May 29, 1997 added to Article 75, paragraph 22, in a matter of constitutional standing international convention, the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons.
Preamble We, the representatives of the people of Argentina,
in General Congress assembled
by will and election of the Provinces which compose it,
in compliance with existing agreements,
in order to form the union national
guarantee justice, secure domestic peace
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provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare
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and secure the blessings of liberty,
for us, our posterity
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and for all men the world who wish to dwell on argentine soil: invoking the protection
of God, source of all reason and justice:
ordain, decree and establish this Constitution for the nation Argentina.
