Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 13, 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

• Good Samaritan Involvement Day
• 1656: Jews were denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam
• 1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 raged across the East Coast of the US and Canada
• 1900: The length of the working day for women and children was limited by law to 11 hours in France
• 1911: The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association was formed in Durban, South Africa, to fight the infamous poll tax
• 1913: The Kansas Legislature approved the censorship of motion pictures
• 1921: Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declared independence from China
• 1943: Nazis liquidated the Jewish ghetto in Kraków, while Oskar Schindler with advance information, saved his workers by keeping them in his factory overnight
• 1961: A landslide in the Soviet Union killed 145 people
• 1963: Indonesia and Netherlands reinstated diplomatic relations
• 1970: San Francisco city employees began a 4-day strike
• 1992: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations, up from 12
• 1992: A 6.8 earthquake killed over 500 people in Erzincan, in Eastern Turkey
• 1993: A major blizzard hit the Northeastern US
• 2015: Cyclone Pam caused widespread damage in Vanuatu and the South Pacific, including the deaths of about 16 people
• 2019: California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered an indefinite moratorium on the death sentence in the state because it discriminates against marginalized communities
• 2020: US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, freeing up $50 billion to fight COVID-19
• 2020: African American Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police executing a no-knock warrant at her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 13, 2022

• Fairtrade Fortnight (February 28 – March 13)
• MS Awareness Week (March 13-19)
• National Sleep Awareness Week (March 13-19)
• Universal Women’s Week (March 13-19)
• World Glaucoma Week (March 13-19)
  
  

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)