Anniversaries, Holidays, and Observances for March 8, 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
- Girls Write Now Day
- International Working Women’s Day
- UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace
- 1782: in the Gnadenhutten Massacre an Ohio militia killed 90 Native Americans
- 1817: The New York Stock Exchange was founded
- 1838: the US mint in New Orleans began operation producing dimes
- 1884: Susan B. Anthony addressed the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, 16 years after legislators first introduced a federal women’s suffrage amendment
- 1913: the Internal Revenue Service began to levy and collect income taxes
- 1917: the US Senate introduced the Cloture Rule, requiring a two-thirds majority to end debate, at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson
- 1945: International Women’s Day was first observed
- 1945: Phyllis M Daley was the first black nurse sworn in as US Navy Ensign
- 1948: the US Supreme Court ruled in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional
- 1964: Malcolm X resigned from the Nation of Islam
- 1965: the first US combat forces arrived in Vietnam, on the beaches of Da Nang
- 2013: North Korea terminated all peace pacts with South Korea
Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 8
- 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)