Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for April 5, 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

• National (SAAM) Sexual Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action
• 1648: Spanish troops and feudal barons struck down a people’s uprising in Naples
• 1764: The British Parliament passed the Sugar Tax on the American colonies
• 1768: The first US Chamber of Commerce formed in New York City
• 1815: Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies, had its first violent eruption after several centuries of dormancy
• 1906: Mount Vesuvius erupted and devastated towns in the Naples province, killing more than 100 people
• 1919: The Polish Army executed 35 young Jews
• 1932: 10,000 rioters seized the Colonial Building in the Dominion of Newfoundland, leading to the end of self-government
• 1933: US President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102 prohibiting gold ownership by US citizens
• 1936: Tupelo, Mississippi was virtually annihilated by a tornado in which 216 people died
• 1938: Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Dabrowa, Poland
• 1939: Membership in the Hitler Youth became obligatory
• 1944: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura were executed by the Germans
• 1969: Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occurred in many cities across the US
• 1971: Sicily’s Mount Etna erupted
• 1989: Poland granted legal status to the trade union Solidarność (Solidarity)
• 1991: The US began air drops to Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq
• 1992: Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori suspended the Peruvian Constitution and dissolved Congress
• 1992: Several hundred-thousand abortion rights demonstrators marched in Washington, DC
• 2012: Severe storms in Argentina killed 14 people
• 2012: A 77 year old pensioner’s suicide outside the Greek Parliament prompted further protests in Athens
• 2012: Anonymous hacked several Chinese bureaus in opposition to government censorship
• 2016: Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned after the Panama Papers leaks showed a conflict of interest
• 2016: San Francisco became the first US city to mandate paid parental leave
• 2016: PayPal announced it was cancelling a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina after the state passed anti-gay legislation
• 2021: India recorded over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half of which were in the state of Maharashtra, which began a new lockdown
• 2021: Tropical Cyclone Seroja caused floods and landslides in southeast Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 113 people
• 2021: Italy scrapped its 1914 film censorship law that allowed banning films on moral and religious grounds
  
  
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including April 5, 2022

• Golden Rule Week (April 1-7)
• Medication Safety Week (April 1-7)
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (April 1-7)
• National Public Health Week (April 3-9)
• Passion Week (April 3-9)
• Passiontide (April 3-16)
  
  

April Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Lent (March 2 – April 14)
• 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)