Loyalty Day (Argentina)

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Loyalty Day

One of the most famous photos of the October 17 event.
Date	October 17, 1945 (1945-10-17)
Location	Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Participants	Peronists
Outcome	Juan Perón was released from prison

Loyalty Day (Spanish: Día de la lealtad) is a commemoration day in Argentina. It remembers 17 October 1945, when a large labour demonstration at the Plaza de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires, demanded the liberation of Juan Domingo Perón, who was jailed in Martín García island. It is considered the foundational moment of the Peronist movement.^[1]