Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 21, 2021

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ByGarrett

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

  • Education Freedom Day
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • National Renewable Energy Day
  • Memory Day
  • National Common Courtesy Day
  • World Down Syndrome Day
  • 1349: Between 100 and 3,000 Jews were killed in Black Death riots in Erfurt, Germany
  • 1788: Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1913: Flooding in Ohio killed 400 between the 21st and 26th
  • 1934: Fire destroyed Hakodate, Japan, killing about 1,500
  • 1965: Martin Luther King Jr. began marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
  • 1972: the US Supreme Court ruled states can’t require a minimum of one year residency to vote
  • 1975: Ethiopia abolished its monarchy after 3,000 years
  • 2013: 24 people were killed and 100 were injured by a tornado and hail storm in southern China
  • 2018: China announced greater controls over the media, including merging state-run radio and television broadcasters into a single conglomerate called “Voice of China”
  • 2019: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons, 6 days after the Christchurch terrorist attack

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 21, 2021

  • International Brain Awareness Week (March 15-22)
  • International Week of Solidarity with People’s Struggling Against Racism and Discrimination (March 21-27)
  • National Agriculture Week (March 21-27)
  • National Anonymous Giving Week (March 21-27)
  • National Introverts Week (March 21-27)
  • National Manufacturing Week (March 21-27)
  • Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination Week (March 21-27)

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)

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