Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for December 14, 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

• Asarah B’Tevet
• 557: Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, was significantly damaged by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake
• 1287: During the St. Lucia’s Flood in Northwest Netherlands, the Zuiderzee seawall collapsed causing the loss of over 50,000 lives
• 1914: Argentina’s Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) was founded
• 1927: Iraq officially gained independence from Britain, but British troops remained
• 1988: A general strike took place in Spain to protest austerity measures
• 1990: In a landmark US “Right to Die” case Nancy Cruzan’s family was allowed to have her feeding tube removed leading to her death 12 days later
• 1999: Flash floods in Venezuela’s Vargas State resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and caused a total collapse of the state’s infrastructure
• 2017: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to end net neutrality
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including December 14, 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