Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 16, 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

• Freedom of Information Day
• 1190: In the York Progrom, Jews living in York, England, were besieged in Clifford’s Tower and either were massacred or committed suicide rather than submit to baptism
• 1827: The first US newspaper owned and operated by African Americans, “Freedom’s Journal”, began in New York City
• 1869: Hiram R. Revels made the first official speech by an African American in the Senate
• 1882: The US Senate ratified the Geneva Convention of 1864, legitimatizing the International Red Cross and the American Red Cross
• 1915: The Federal Trade Commission was organized
• 1922: Egypt achieved official independence from Britain, but British troops remained
• 1941: A blizzard hit North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60 people
• 1968: American soldiers carried out the My Lai Massacre, one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War, when killed about 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians
• 1995: The Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolished slavery and ratified the 13th Amendment
• 2006: The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to establish the UN Human Rights Council
• 2013: A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan wiped out 10% of the citizens’ bank deposits
• 2014: Voters in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and join Russia amid international condemnation
• 2020: France ordered a national lockdown because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 16, 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)
• Purim (Evening of March 16-Evening of March 17)
  
  

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)