Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for February 14, 2022

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ByGarrett

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

  • Frederick Douglass Day
  • International Epilepsy Day
  • League of Women Voters Day
  • Race Relations Day
  • World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
  • 1349: 900 Jews were burned alive in Strasbourg and a similar number were banned from the city after the Jews were blamed for the spread of the Black Death
  • 1670: Roman Catholic Emperor Leopold I ordered the Jews driven out of Vienna
  • 1766: Dutch governor Falck and King Keerthisiri Rajasinghe of Kandy signed the Treaty of Batticaloa
  • 1803: Chief Justice John Marshall declared that any act of US Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void
  • 1870: Seraph Young became the first woman to legally vote in the United States, two days after the Utah legislature passed a law allowing women to vote
  • 1883: New Jersey legalized unions in the first state labor union legislation
  • 1920: The League of Women Voters formed in Chicago
  • 1936: The National Negro Congress organized in Chicago
  • 1950: The USSR and China signed a peace treaty
  • 1956: Indonesia withdrew from the Netherlands Indonesian Union
  • 1957: The Georgia State Senate unanimously approved Senator Leon Butts’ bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
  • 1966: Russian writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Joey Daniel were found guilty of anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda for publishing their satirical writings abroad
  • 1971: US President Richard Nixon installed a secret taping system in the White House
  • 1989: Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie and his publishers because of his novel “The Satanic Verses” and placing a bounty on his head
  • 1992: A cease fire in Somalia began
  • 2021: Guinea declared an Ebola epidemic after three deaths

Weekly Holidays and Observances including February 14, 2022

  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14)
  • Risk Awareness Week (February 7-14)
  • National Entrepreneurship Week (February 12-19)
  • Celebration of Love Week (February 13-19)
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week (February 13-19)
  • Heart Failure Awareness Week (February 13-19)
  • National Hero Week (February 13-19)
  • Random Acts of Kindness Week (February 13-19)

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

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