Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 1, 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

  • Endometriosis Awareness Day
  • International Women of Color Day
  • Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day (Bikini Day)
  • Self Injury Awareness Day
  • Share a Smile Day
  • World Civil Defence Day
  • World Compliment Day
  • Zero Discrimination Day
  • 743: Slave exports by Christians to heathen areas were prohibited
  • 1382: The Maillotin Uprising against taxes occurred in France
  • 1420: Pope Martinus I called for a crusade against the Hussite protestants
  • 1562: Francois de Guise’s troops opened fire on a Huguenot congregation killing 50 people, in the “Blood Bath At Vassy” which set off the French Wars of Religion
  • 1587: Puritan English parliamentary leader Sir Peter Wentworth was confined in London Tower for interfering with the Queen’s “ecclesiastical prerogative”
  • 1692: Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba were arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
  • 1780: Pennsylvania became the first US state to abolish slavery for newborns
  • 1784: Edward Kidder, a pie-maker, opened the first formal cooking school in London
  • 1815: Sunday observance in the Netherlands was regulated by law
  • 1831: Lord John Russell introduced a Reform Bill in the British House of Commons on the government’s behalf to revamp the electoral system of England and Wales and expand voting eligibility for men
  • 1847: Michigan became the first English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty, except for cases involving treason against the state
  • 1864: Rebecca Lee became the first African American woman to receive a medical degree in the US
  • 1875: The US Congress passed a Civil Rights Act, though it was scarcely enforced and was invalidated by the Supreme Court in 1883
  • 1919: The March 1st, or Samil Movement, began in Korea as a demonstration of resistance to Japanese occupation
  • 1924: Germany’s prohibition against the Communist Party (KPD) was lifted
  • 1943: A Jewish old age home for the disabled in Amsterdam was raided
  • 1944: Massive strikes took place in several northern Italian towns
  • 1967: Dominica and St Lucia gained independence from Great Britain
  • 1968: Political Party Radikalen (PPR) was established in the Netherlands
  • 1980: The US enacted the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act as part of a compromise between the Carter Administration and the Congress over the decontrol of crude oil prices
  • 1983: A tornado tore through Los Angeles, injuring 33 people
  • 1985: US Military leaders at the Pentagon accepted the theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
  • 2007: Tornadoes swarmed across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including 8 at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama
  • 2016: Two Guatemalan military officers were convicted of sexual slavery during the country’s civil war, the first ever prosecution of sexual slavery during an armed conflict

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 1, 2022

  • America Saves Week (February 28 – March 5)
  • Fairtrade Fortnight (February 28 – March 13)
  • Isra and Mi’raj (February 28 – March 1)
  • Hearing Awareness Week (March 1-7)
  • National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week (March 1-6)
  • Universal Human Beings Week (March 1-7)

March Monthly Holidays and Observances

  • Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
  • American Diabetes Alert Month
  • Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • American Red Cross Month
  • Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • Colic Awareness Month
  • Credit Education Month
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
  • Endometriosis Month 
  • Gender Equality Month
  • Hemophilia Month
  • International Ideas Month
  • International Listening Awareness Month
  • Kidney Month
  • Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
  • National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
  • National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Endometriosis Awareness Month
  • National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
  • National Ethics Awareness Month
  • National Eye Donor Month
  • National Kidney Month
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
  • National Nutrition Month 
  • National Optimism Month
  • National Women’s History Month
  • Rosacea Awareness Month
  • Save Your Vision Month
  • Spiritual Wellness Month
  • Trisomy Awareness Month
  • Vascular Anomalies Awareness Month
  • Workplace Eye Healthy and Safety Awareness Month

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