Malvinas Day
April 2, Tuesday
Malvinas Day, officially Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Malvinas War is a public holiday in Argentina, observed each year on 2 April. The name refers to the Malvinas Islands, known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas.
The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's soldiers killed in the Falklands War, which began with the Argentine invasion of the islands on 2 April 1982. A total of 649 Argentines—633 military and 16 civilian—lost their lives during the 74-day occupation.