Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 12, 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
- Girl Scouts Day
- World Day Against Cyber Censorship
- 1496: Jews were expelled from Syria
- 1868: the US Congress abolished the manufacturer’s tax
- 1930: Gandhi began his 241m (388km) march from Ahmedabad to Dandi protesting British salt tax
- 1945: New York became the first state to prohibit employment discrimination based on race and creed
- 1958: British Empire Day was renamed “Commonwealth Day”
- 1968: Mauritius gained independence from Great Britain
- 1970: the US lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
- 2011: A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melted, exploded, and released radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after a major earthquake
Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 12
- National Consumer Protection Week (March 7-13)
- National Words Matter Week (March 7-13)
- Save Your Vision Week (March 7-13)
March Monthly Holidays and Observances
- American Red Cross Month
- Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
- Colic Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Credit Education Month
- Deaf History Month (March 13-April 15)
- DVT Awareness Month
- Employee Spirit Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- Expanding Girl’s Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
- Gardening, Nature, and Ecology Books Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Hemophilia Month
- International Ideas Month
- International Listening Awareness Month
- Kidney Month
- National MR/DD Awareness Month
- National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Color Therapy Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Ethics Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National MS Education and Awareness Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Optimism Month
- National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
- National Women Inventor’s Month
- National Women’s History Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Spiritual Wellness Month
- Lent (February 17-April 3)