Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 22, 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

  • National/World Water Day
  • 1349: Townspeople of Fulda, Germany massacred Jews, blaming them for the Black Death
  • 1622: American Indians (Powhatan) massacred Europeans in Jamestown Virginia, killing 347
  • 1630: Boston enacted the first colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted
  • 1638: Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • 1765: the Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on American colonists, organized by Prime Minister George Grenville
  • 1832: the British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passed the Reform Act, introducing wide-ranging changes to electoral system of England and Wales, increasing the electorate from about 500,000 voters to 813,000
  • 1873: Slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico. The day is celebrated as Emancipation Day
  • 1934: Fire destroyed Hakodate, Japan, killing 1,500 and injuring 1,000
  • 1946: Britain signed a treaty granting independence to Jordan
  • 1965: the US confirmed its troops used chemical warfare against the VietCong
  • 1972: the US Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment, but it was never ratified
  • 1972: In Eisenstadt v. Baird the US Supreme Court ruled unmarried people have the same right to contraception as married people
  • 1988: the US Congress overrode President Reagan’s veto of a sweeping civil rights bill
  • 2012: the largest protest in Quebec’s history occured in Montreal with over 200,000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education
  • 2013: 37 people were killed and 200 were injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand
  • 2014: 43 people were killed by a mudslide in Oso, Washington
  • 2014: Guinea confirmed an Ebola outbreak had already killed 59 people

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 22, 2021

  • International Brain Awareness Week (March 15-22)
  • International Week of Solidarity with Peoples 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)

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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