Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for August 31, 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
- Touch a Heart Tuesday
- 1778: The British killed 17 Stockbridge Indians in The Bronx, New York during Revolution
- 1886: The first major earthquake recorded in the eastern US occurred at Charleston, South Carolina causing 110 deaths
- 1894: New Zealand passed The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act making New Zealand the first country in the world to outlaw strikes in favour of compulsory arbitration
- 1911: The “Sullivan Act” requiring New Yorkers to possess licences for firearms small enough to be concealed went into effect
- 1913: Dublin Metropolitan Police attack a massive protest rally killing two strikers
- 1919: John Reed formed the American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
- 1919: Petlyura’s Ukrainian Army killed 35 members of a Jewish defense group
- 1939: A Japanese invasion army was driven out of Mongolia
- 1940: The first edition of illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands was published
- 1945: The Liberal Party of Australia was founded by Robert Menzies
- 1954: Hurricane Carol hit New England killing 70 people. It was the costliest hurricane to that date and was the first storm name to be retired
- 1957: The Federation of Malaya gained independence from Great Britain
- 1962: Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain
- 1968: 12,000 died in 7.8 earthquake that also destroyed 60,000 buildings in Northeastern Iran
- 1988: A 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle began
- 1990: East and West Germany signed a treaty to join legal and political systems
- 1991: Uzbekistan declared independence from the Soviet Union following a failed coup in Moscow
- 2015: Violent protests in Kiev after a Ukrainian Parliament vote left one national guard dead and 100 people injured
- 2017: The International Organization for Migration stated 18,500 Rohingya Muslims had fled for Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after 110 people were killed
- 2019: India removed citizenship status from 1.9 million people in state of Assam and left them off its new Citizens Registry
Weekly Holidays and Observances including August 31, 2021
- Be Kind to Humankind Week (August 25-31)
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
