Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 15, 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

• International Day Against Police Brutality
• World Consumer Rights Day
• 1391: An anti-Semitic monk in Seville, Spain stirred people up to attack Jews
• 1848: Revolutionaries demonstrated in Pest with a list of demands, called the 12 Points, that the Emperor’s representatives agreed to
• 1855: Louisiana established the first health board to regulate quarantines
• 1867: Michigan became the first state to tax property to support a university
• 1892: New York State introduced an automatic ballot booth voting machine
• 1901: Horse racing was banned in San Francisco, with the last race to take place March 16th
• 1907: Finland became the first European country to give women the right to vote
• 1913: Woodrow Wilson gave the first US Presidential press conference
• 1913: Cleveland, Ohio established the first small claims court
• 1928: Benito Mussolini modified Italy’s electoral system, banning competing political parties and changing the elections to a simple plebiscite where the people simply voted for or against the slate put forth by the National Fascist Party
• 1933: The NAACP began a coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination
• 1937: North Carolina became the first state to incorporate birth control into a public health program
• 1941: A blizzard in North Dakota killed 151 people
• 1951: Persia nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
• 1955: The Dutch Second Chamber adopted a requirement for TV licenses
• 1961: South Africa withdrew from the British Commonwealth
• 1966: Race riots erupted in the Watts section of Los Angeles
• 1968: The US Mint stopped buying and selling gold
• 1977: The US House of Representatives began a 90 day test of televising its sessions
• 1982: Nicaragua suspended the rights of their citizens with the justification it needed to defend against the rebel Contras
• 1991: 4 Los Angeles Police officers were charged with excessive force for beating Rodney King
• 1993: In a landmark case, Mohamed Tabet, the police commissioner of Casablanca, was convicted of sexually abusing over 1,500 women and sentenced to death
• 1998: A 6.4 earthquake hit Southeastern Iran
• 2019: Climate change strikes inspired by Swedish teenage Climate Change Activist Greta Thunberg were held by school children around the world
• 2020: European countries imposed restrictions on gatherings and border crossings as COVID-19 deaths rates rose dramatically
• 2020: The US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to near zero to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2021: Mass March 4 Justice rallies were held across Australia to protest against violence and discrimination towards women
• 2021: The largest sandstorm in northern China in a decade engulfed Beijing, turning air pollution levels hazardous
• 2021: The Vatican issued a judgement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions, because God “does not and cannot bless sin”
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 15, 2022

• 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)
• (International) Brain Awareness Week (March 14-20)
• Native American Awareness Week (March 14-18)
  
  

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)