Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for April 20, 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

• Volunteer Recognition Day
• 1505: Jews were expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
• 1810: The City Council of Caracas declared the city independent from Spain
• 1871: US President Ulysses S Grant signed the into law The Enforcement Act of 1871 in which Congress said the President has the authority to both suppress disorder or insurrection on his own initiative and to suspend the right of habeas corpus among other provisions
• 1894: 136,000 mine workers in Ohio began a strike for pay increases
• 1914: Dozens of mine workers striking for better working conditions and their family members were killed by a militia made up of soldiers and private guards in the Ludlow Massacre, the worst event of the Colorado Coalfield War. John D Rockefeller, Jr was implicated as having orchestrated the Massacre.
• 1920: Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi
• 1931: The British House of Commons passed a bill allowing movie theatres, sporting events, and other amusements to open on Sundays
• 1942: German occupiers forbade the Dutch access to their beach
• 1964: 86% of black students boycotted Cleveland schools
• 1971: The US Supreme Court upheld use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
• 1980: Cuban President Fidel Castro announced he was opening the Mariel Port for Cubans to leave, about 125,00 left in the next 5-6 months
• 1980: Cubans began arriving in the US from the Mariel boatlift
• 1980: The climax of the Berber Spring in Algeria saw hundreds of Berber political activists arrested
• 1985: An ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) compound in Arkansas on various charges including charges regarding illegal weapons resulted in the peaceful end to a 4 day siege and the dissolution of the CSA
• 1994: The Serbian Army bombed a hospital in Goradze Bosnia, killing 47 people
• 1998: The German terrorist group Red Army Faction announced its dissolution
• 2013: 193 people were killed and 11,826 were injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Lushan County, China
• 2013: 5 snowboarders were killed by an avalanche in Loveland Pass, Colorado
• 2020: US states, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina became the first to announce an end to some COVID-19 restrictions
• 2021: Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in a case that prompted huge nationwide racial justice protests
• 2021: A record number of new COVID-19 cases were reported (5.24 million) in one week around the world according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with a third of the new cases reported in India
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including April 20, 2022

• Passover, also known as Pesach (April 15-April 23)
• Fibroid Awareness Week (April 17-23)
• National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (April 17-23)
• National Volunteer Week (April 17-23)
• Orthodox Holy Week (April 17-23)
• Consumer Awareness Week (April 18-23)
• National Environmental Education Week (April 18-22)
  
  

April Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Orthodox Lent (March 7 – April 23)
• 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)