Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for December 29, 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 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

• Still Need To Do Day
• 1835: The Treaty of New Echota was signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all Cherokee lands East of the Mississippi River to the United States
• 1890: The US 7th Cavalry massacred more than 200 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
• 1911: Mongolia gained independence from the Qing dynasty
• 1920: The Yugoslav government banned the Communist Party
• 1947: A ship carrying Jewish immigrants was driven away from Palestine
• 1949: Hungary nationalized its industries
• 1998: Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologized for genocide in Cambodia in the 1970’s that killed over a million people
• 2013: The Chaparrastique Volcano erupted in El Salvador
• 2015: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Guinea’s Ebola epidemic over after 2,500 people died over 2 years
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including December 29, 2021

• It’s About Time Week (December 25-31)
• Kwanzaa (December 26-January 1, 2022)
  
  

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