Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 18, 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

• National BioDiesel Day
• National Day Against Bullying And Violence
• Supreme Sacrifice Day
• 1190: Crusaders killed 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds, England
• 1241: Kraków was ravaged by Mongols
• 1314: Jacques de Molay, 23rd and last Knights Templar Grand Master, was burned at the stake by France’s King Philip IV
• 1532: The English Parliament banned payments by the English church to Rome
• 1766: Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act, which had caused outrage and helped lead to the American Revolution
• 1834: Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England were sentenced to Australia for forming a trade union
• 1903: Following through on attacks on Catholic institutions, the French Government dissolved Catholic religious orders
• 1922: British magistrates in India sentenced Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience
• 1925: An outbreak of at least 8 tornadoes swept Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee killing 689 people
• 1938: New York became the first state to require serological blood tests of pregnant women
• 1938: President Cardena of Mexico nationalized US and British oil companies
• 1953: A 7.5 earthquake struck Yenice–Gönen in Western Turkey, killing 1070 people
• 1962: The Algerian War ended after 7 and a half years and the deaths of 250,000 people
• 1968: The US Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve
• 1970: A two-week US postal strike against the government began, largest wildcat strike in US history
• 1971: 200 people died in a landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar, Peru
• 1977: The US restricted American citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, and Cambodia
• 1990: The Conservatives defeated the Communists in the first free elections in East Germany
• 1994: South Africa’s Goldstone Committee revealed the existence of a secret police force
• 2003: British Sign Language was recognised as an official British language
• 2005: Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed at the request of her husband
• 2014: The US closed the Syrian embassy in Washington DC and expelled all Syrian diplomats
• 2018: Bushfires in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia, destroyed over 70 buildings
• 2019: “Historic to catastrophic flooding” was faced by Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota
• 2020: US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to close the US-Canada border, the world’s longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19
• 2021: The US House Judiciary Committee hearings on the rise of violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans with reports saying 3,800 hate incidents were recorded over the last 12 months
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 18, 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)
• Holi (Hindu Holiday) (Evening of March 17-Evening of March 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)