Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for December 12, 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!


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

On This Day

• International Day of Neutrality
• 1479: Jews were expelled from Schlettstadt, Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
• 1870: Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African American to serve in the US House of Representatives
• 1897: Anti-Jewish violence broke out in Bucharest, Romania
• 1961: Adolf Eichmann was found guilty of war crimes in Israel
• 1961: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators were arrested in Albany, Georgia
• 1963: Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declared independence from the UK
• 1992: A major earthquake struck Flores Island and generated a tsunami that killed 3,000 people
• 2014: Over 200 pro-democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong
• 2015: The first women ever was elected in Saudi Arabia in municipal council elections
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including December 12, 2021

• Human Rights Week (December 10-17)
  
  

December Monthly Holidays and Observances

• National Drink and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
• National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
• National Write A Business Plan Month
• Seasonal Depression Awareness Month
• Spiritual Literacy Month
• Universal Human Rights Month