Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for April 11, 2021
Many days there are far too many anniversaries, holidays, and observances to post about individually on social media, so in an effort to have more of them available, LLPHP is going to experiment with posting them daily. If there are other items you feel should be included, please email contact@llphp.org and share!
On This Day
- Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse
- Good Deeds Day
- 1783: Hostilities formally ceased in the American Revolutionary War
- 1865: Abraham Lincoln urged a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
- 1899: The Treaty of Paris ratified the end of the Spanish American War and Spain ceded Puerto Rico to US
- 1912: The UK Parliament introduced an Irish home rule bill that granted Ireland its own bicameral parliament
- 1919: The International Labour Organization was founded
- 1945: The SS burned and shot 1,100 at Gardelegen
- 1957: Britain agreed to Singaporean self-rule
- 1961: The Trial of Adolf Eichmann for war crimes during World War II began in Jerusalem, Israel
- 1965: 40 tornadoes struck the US Midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000
- 1968: US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act
- 1976: The Apple I computer, created by Steve Wozniak was released
- 1980: The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulated sexual harassment
- 2019: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London by police and arrested on failure to appear in court on US extradition charges
Weekly Holidays and Observances including April 11, 2021
- Holocaust Remembrance Week (April 4-11)
- Money Smart Week (April 10-17)
April Monthly Holidays and Observances
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Arab American Heritage Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Community Service Month
- Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month
- International Amateur Radio Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- Physical Wellness Month