Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for February 20, 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

  • World Day for Social Justice
  • 1725: 10 sleeping Indians were scalped by whites in New Hampshire for £100 per scalp bounty
  • 1768: The first American-chartered fire insurance company opened in Pennsylvania
  • 1809: The US Supreme Court ruled the federal government’s power is greater than any state’s in US v Peters
  • 1835: Concepcion, Chile was destroyed by earthquake in which 5,000 people died
  • 1869: Tennessee Governor WC Brownlow declared martial law in a crisis with the Ku Klux Klan
  • 1922: Vilnius, Lithuania agreed to separate from Poland
  • 1939: 20,000 people attended a pro-Nazi rally by the German American Bund at Madison Square Garden
  • 1941: The first transport of Jews left Plotsk, Poland for concentration camps
  • 1941: Nazi Germany ordered Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
  • 1941: Romania broke off diplomatic relations with the Netherlands
  • 1943: A new volcano, Paracutin, erupted and rose up in a farmer’s corn field Mexico
  • 1966: Author Valery Tarsis was banished from the USSR
  • 1978: Egypt announced it was pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
  • 1988: 500 people died in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 1991: A gigantic statue of Albania’s long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, was brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters
  • 1994: Pope John Paul II demanded discrimination against homosexuals in the law
  • 2016: Tropical Cyclone Winston hit Fiji, killing at least 29 people
  • 2017: A famine was declared in Unity State, South Sudan, affecting 4.9 million people
  • 2018: Venezuela became the first country to launch a virtual currency, the Petro, to counteract their financial crisis
  • 2021: Security forces opened fire killing two people and wounding 40 in Mandalay, in the bloodiest day of protests in Myanmar since its coup
  • 2021: US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Texas as the state struggled to cope with the aftermath of a crippling winter storm

Weekly Holidays and Observances including February 20, 2022

  • National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 20-26)

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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