Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for August 22, 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!
Please note all holidays and observances listed as “National” days are American holidays and observances unless it is stated otherwise.
On This Day
- Be An Angel Day
- Never Been Better Day
- Raksha Bandhan
- 1454: Jews were expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus
- 1614: Tradespeople under Vincent Fettmilch chased and plundered the Jews out of their ghetto in Frankfurt
- 1775: King George III proclaimed the colonies to be in open rebellion
- 1791: Haitian Slave Revolution began under voodoo priest Boukman
- 1894: Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal
- 1952: The penal colony on Devil’s Island was permanently closed
- 1964: Guinea, Liberia, and Ivory Coast formed a joint market
- 1964: Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer spoke at the US Democratic National Convention about efforts to register people to vote in Mississippi
- 1968: The Society of Labour Lawyers (SLL) published an ‘interim report’ about alleged discrimination in Northern Ireland which was heavily criticised by unionists
- 1971: Approximately 130 non-Unionist councillors announced their withdrawal from participation on district councils across Northern Ireland in protest against Internment (allowing suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained without trial)
- 1992: FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho
- 2020: Fires burning in Northern California were declared a Major Disaster with LNU Lightning Complex Fire (341,243 acres) and SCU Lightning Complex Fire (339,968 acres) among the 3 largest wildfires in state history
- 2020: The Mexican COVID-19 death toll passed 60,000, the world’s third highest total to that date
Weekly Holidays and Observances including August 22, 2021
- Minority Enterprise Development Week (August 18-24)
August Monthly Holidays and Observances
- American Indian Heritage Month
- Black Business Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Fall of Empires Month
- Happiness Happens Month
- Home Business Month
- National Canning Month
- National FAS Disorders Awareness Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Inventors Month
- National Publish Your eBook Month
- National Runaway Prevention Month
- National Water Quality Month
- National Wellness Month
- National Win With Civility Month
- Professional Speakers Month
- What Will Be Your Legacy Month