Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for January 17, 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

• Civil Rights Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr Day
• National Day of Service
• International Mentoring Day
• 1718: An avalanche destroyed every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; killing 53 people
• 1775: 9 old women were burned as witches for causing bad harvests in Kalisk, Poland
• 1920: The was the first day of alcohol prohibition in the US as a result of the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution
• 1945: Auschwitz concentration camp began evacuations
• 1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, was arrested by Soviet secret police in Hungary
• 1961: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warned against the accumulation of power by the military-industrial complex
• 1971: At a party conference in Dublin, Sinn Féin ended their 65 year abstentionist policy and agreed that any elected representative could take their seat at the Dáil
• 1983: Nigeria expelled 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
• 1984: The US Supreme Court ruled that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing did not violate federal copyright laws
• 1987: US President Reagan signed a secret order permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran
• 1994: A 6.6 earthquake hit Los Angeles killing 60 people and causing $30 billion in damage
• 1995: A 7.2 earthquake destroyed Kobe, Japan and killed 5,372 people
• 2002: Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
• 2013: 4 people were killed and over 2,000 people were evacuated after massive floods hit Jakarta, Indonesia
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including January 17, 2022

• Hunt for Happiness Week (January 16-22)
  
  

January Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Bath Safety Month
• Celebration of Life Month
• Cervical Cancer Screening Month/Cervical Health Awareness Month
• Eye Care Month
• Financial Wellness Month
• Get a Balanced Life Month
• Get Organized Month
• International Creativity Month
• International Quality of Life Month
• International Wealth Mentality Month
• National Be On-Purpose Month
• National Mentoring Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
• National Stalking Awareness Month
• National Thank You Month
• Self-Help Group Awareness Month
• Self-Love Month
• Thyroid Disease Awareness Month