Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 12, 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

• World Day Against Cyber Censorship
• 1350: The City of Orvieto, in modern Italy, said Jewish and Christian mixed-religion couples would be beheaded and burned
• 1496: Jews were expelled from Syria
• 1868: The US Congress abolished the manufacturer’s tax
• 1905: Continuing strikes and disorder unsettling Italy forced out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, but he will return in March, 1906
• 1906: Heavy storms ravaged the Dutch West coast
• 1926: Denmark began unilateral disarmament
• 1928: In California, the St. Francis Dam failed, killing over 600 people
• 1930: Mohandas Gandhi began a 200 mile (300km) march protesting the British imposed salt tax
• 1935: Britain established a 30 mph speed limit for towns and villages
• 1945: New York became the first state to prohibit employment discrimination by race or creed
• 1968: Mauritius gained independence from Britain
• 1970: The US lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
• 1971: Thousands of Belfast shipyard workers marched demanding Internment for members of the Irish Republican Army
• 1977: Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet banned the Christian-Democratic Party
• 1994: The Church of England ordained its first ever 33 female priests
• 2011: A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melted and exploded, releasing radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after a major earthquake struck the area
• 2020: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK is facing the “worst public health crisis for a generation” and that up to 10,000 people may already be infected with COVID-19
• 2021: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi imposed new COVID restrictions warning of a new wave as cases again exceeded 25,000 a day
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 12, 2022

• Fairtrade Fortnight (February 28 – March 13)
• National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12)
• No More Week (March 6-12)
• Save Your Vision Week (March 6-12)
  
  

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
• Lent (March 2 – April 14)
• Orthodox Lent (March 7 – April 23)