Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for April 8, 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

• Buddha Day (Historical Birth Date)
• Step Into the Spotlight Day
• 1730: Congregation Shearith Israel opened the first North American synagogue in New York City
• 1766: The first fire escape, a wicker basket on a pulley and chain, was patented
• 1801: Soldiers rioted in Bucharest and killed 128 Jews
• 1802: French Protestant church becomes state-supported & controlled
• 1886: William Ewart Gladstone introduced the first Irish Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons
• 1902: Demonstrations organised by Belgian socialists where people were demanding better education, living conditions, the right to strike, and universal male suffrage, resulted in a riot and several deaths
• 1913: The US Congress ratified the 17th Amendment to the Constitution providing for direct, popular election of senators
• 1916: Norway approved the right to vote and the right to be a candidate and hold office for women
• 1924: South African State passed the Industrial Conciliation Act No 11, regarding union rights but denying blacks and black unions the same rights
• 1943: US President Franklin D Roosevelt, attempting to check inflation, froze wages and prices, prohibited workers from changing jobs unless it benefited the war effort, and prohibited rate increases to common carriers and public utilities
• 1952: US President Harry Truman nationalized the steel industry to avert a strike by steelworkers
• 1960: The US Senate passed the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to protect the voting rights of racial minorities from discriminatory laws and practices that had effectively left them disenfranchised
• 1971: New York state became the first state other than Nevada to legalize off-track betting
• 1994: Smoking was banned in the Pentagon and on all US military bases
• 1999: Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merged with the Indian National Congress
• 2013: 163 people were killed and 50,000 were displaced after tribal violence erupted in Darfur, Sudan
• 2017: Protests by thousands of people against the government in Caracas, Venezuela continued for a fifth day
• 2020: A Saudi-backed coalition fighting Houthi fighters in Yemen called for a ceasefire after five years of fighting to attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19
• 2021: US President Joe Biden said “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic” as he unveiled a package of executive actions including restrictions on “ghost guns”
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including April 8, 2022

• National Public Health Week (April 3-9)
• Passion Week (April 3-9)
• Passiontide (April 3-16)
• Explore Your Career Options Week (April 6-12)
  
  

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)