Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 17, 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
- Campfire Girls Day
- St Patricks Day
- World Social Work Day
- 1190: Crusaders massacred the Jews of York, England
- 1886: 20 African Americans were killed in the Carrollton (Mississippi) Massacre
- 1921: Dr Marie Stopes opened Britain’s first birth control clinic in London
- 1942: the Bełżec Concentration Camp opened with the transport of 30,000 Lublin Polish Jews
- 2019: Zimbabwe declared a state of emergency after Cyclone Idai tore through eastern Zimbabwe killing at least 259
- 2019: Flash flooding and landslides killed at least 73 and injured about 60 in Sentani and Jayapura, Papua, Eastern Indonesia
Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 17
- MS Awareness Week (March 14-20)
- National Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20)
- Universal Women’s Week (March 14-20)
- World Glaucoma Week (March 14-20)
- International Brain Awareness Week (March 15-22)
- Native American Awareness Week (March 15-19)
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)
