Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for April 15, 2022

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 here. If there are other items you feel should be included, please email contact@llphp.org and share!


Please note all holidays and observances listed as “National” days are American holidays and observances unless it is stated otherwise.

On This Day

• Good Friday
• Jackie Robinson Day
• Microvolunteering Day
• National ASL Day (American Sign Language)
• National Donate Life (Blue and Green) Day
• 1250: Pope Innocent III refused a request by the Jews of Cordova, Spain to build a synagogue
• 1654: England and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Westminster ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. It was significant because it was one of the first treaties to include international arbitration as a means of conflict resolution
• 1715: The Pocotaligo Massacre of 4 out of 6 men who were visiting the Yemassee tribe, seeking their help to arrange a summit to keep the peace with another tribe, triggered the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina
• 1783: The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace, bringing to an end the seven-year-long American Revolutionary war with Great Britain
• 1817: The American Asylum, now American School for the Deaf (ASD), the first permanent US school for individuals experiencing deafness was founded by Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and teacher Laurent Clercn in West Hartford, Connecticut
• 1870: US silver coins were no longer allowed to circulate in Canada after this date
• 1874: The NY State Legislature passed a compulsory education law
• 1918: Georges Clémenceau published secret communications between France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire that undermined their peace negotiations as well as the Austro-Hungarian government
• 1924: Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain, Belgium left 1 person dead
• 1927: Switzerland and the USSR agreed to diplomatic relations
• 1945: The British Army liberated the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
• 1945: US troops occupied the Colditz Concentration Camp
• 1947: Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• 1962: The US national debt rose above $300,000,000,000
• 1979: A disastrous 7.1 earthquake struck the coast of Montenegro killing 136 people and injuring over 1000 more individuals
• 1989 Students in Beijing began the Tienanmen Square Protests advocating for greater accountability, constitutional due process, democracy, freedom of the press, and freedom of speech
• 2010: Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland led to the closure of airspace over most of Europe
• 2019: Measles cases jumped 300% in first three months of 2019, according to World Health Organization, with the largest rises in Africa generally (700%) and Madagascar specifically with the deaths of 800 people
• 2020: South Korea became the first country to hold a general election under COVID-19
• 2020: The US experienced it’s deadliest day to date during COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported
• 2021: “The failed response in Brazil has caused a humanitarian catastrophe” reported Dr. Christos Christou, president of Doctors Without Borders, as the country recorded a quarter of world’s COVID-19 deaths in the previous week
• 2021: India had over 200,000 daily new cases of COVID-19 for the first time with 1,038 deaths amid a massive second wave
• 2021: The Ivory Coast court in Abidjanv sentenced former warlord Amadé Ouérémi to a life sentence for massacres by his militia after the 2010 election
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including April 15, 2022

• Passiontide (April 3-16)
• Holy Week (April 10-16)
• National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (April 10-16)
• Passover, also known as Pesach (April 15-April 23)
  
  

April Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Orthodox Lent (March 7 – April 23)
• Deaf History Month (March 13 – April 15)
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Arab American Heritage Month
• Cancer Control Month
• Celebrate Diversity Month
• Cesarean Awareness Month
• Community Service Month
• Community Spirit Days
• Counseling Awareness Month
• Defeat Diabetes Month
• Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
• Financial Literacy Month
• Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month
• Grange Month
• International Amateur Radio Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
• Listening Awareness Month
• Move More Month
• Multicultural Communication Month
• National Anxiety Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
• National Food Month
• National Garden Month
• National Parkinson’s Awareness Month
• National Pest Management Month
• National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month aka Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
• STI Awareness Month (Sexually Transmitted Infections) aka National STD Awareness Month aka National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)’s Education and Awareness Month
• National Sjogren’s Syndrome Awareness Month
• Physical Wellness Month
• Rosacea Awareness Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Summer Tire Changeover Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
• World Habitat Awareness Month
• Ramadan (Islamic Holy Month) (April 2 – May 2)