Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 27, 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
- 1309: Pope Clement V excommunicated Venice and all its population
- 1890: A tornado struck Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200
- 1915: Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) was arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid
- 1944: 1,000 Jews left Drancy, France for Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1944: 2,000 Jews were murdered in Kaunas, Lithuania
- 1944: 40 Jewish policemen in Riga, Latvia, ghetto were shot by the Gestapo
- 1944: Children’s Aktion-Nazis collected all the Jewish children of Lovno
- 1964: The Great Alaska Earthquake (9.2 magnitude) and resulting tsunami killed 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded
- 1979: the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can’t randomly stop cars
Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 27, 2021
- 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)