Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for February 1, 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 Freedom Day
• National Get Up Day
• Chinese New Year
• Lunar New Year
• 1669: French King Louis XIV limited freedom of religion
• 1810: The first insurance company managed by African Americans, The African Insurance Company opened in Philadelphia
• 1814: Mayon Volcano on the Philippines’ Luzon Island erupted, killing 1,200 people
• 1865: The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was approved
• 1865: John S Rock became the first African American lawyer admitted to bar of the Supreme Court
• 1871: Jefferson Long of Georgia became the first African American to make an official speech in the US House of Representatives when he spoke opposing leniency for former Confederates
• 1902: China’s Empress Tzu-hsi forbade the practice of binding woman’s feet
• 1933: Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-Catholic unions
• 1934: Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolved all political parties but his
• 1952: A General Strike against French colonial rule was held in Tunisia
• 1953: Flooding in the Netherlands killed 1,835 people
• 1959: Swiss men voted against voting rights for women
• 1960: 4 students staged the first civil rights sit-in at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina
• 1963: Nyasaland (now Malawi) became self-governing
• 1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators were arrested in Selma, Alabama
• 1975: Otis Tabler became the first openly homosexual person to get security clearance to work for the US Defense Department
• 1977: A blizzard in upstate New York and Southern Ontario killed 23 people
• 1978: Harriet Tubman became the first African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp
• 1984: China and the Netherlands reestablished diplomatic relations
• 1991: Afghanistan and Pakistan were hit by an earthquake that caused 1,200 deaths
• 1991: South African President F. W. de Klerk said he will repeal all apartheid laws
• 2005: Canada introduced the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage
• 2009: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was elected as the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, and the first openly gay Head of Government in the modern world
• 2014: 14 people were killed after Mount Sinabung in Indonesia erupted
• 2014: The death toll from the Syrian civil war reached 130,000 deaths while 4 million people were displaced
• 2016: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency over the rapid spread of zika-linked conditions
• 2020: The largest locust swarm event in 25 years swarmed across East Africa causing Somalia to declare a national emergency
• 2021: Wildfires ignited on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, forcing evacuations amid a five-day COVID-19 lockdown
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including February 1, 2022

• African Heritage & Health Week (February 1-7)
• World Interfaith Harmony Week (February 1-7)
  
  

February Monthly Holidays and Observances

• African American History Month/National Black History Month
• American Heart Month/National Heart Healthy Month
• Canned Food Month
• Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
• International Boost Self Esteem Month
• International Expect Success Month
• Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
• National Time Management Month
• Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
• Spiritual Teachers Month
• Relationship Wellness Month