Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 23, 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 Organize Your Home Day
• 1593: English Separatist Puritans John Greenwood and Henry Barrowe were tried and sentenced to death on the charges of devising and circulating seditious books
• 1775: Patrick Henry reportedly famously proclaimed “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining the US’ Revolutionary war
• 1867: The US Congress passed the second Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson’s veto
• 1881: A gas lamp set fire to an opera house in Nice, France leading to the deaths of 70 people
• 1882: The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act was adopted by the US leading to the imprisonment of 1300 men
• 1896: The Raines Law was passed by the New York State Legislature restricting the sale of alcohol to hotels on Sundays
• 1917: A storm system spawned tornadoes over 4 days that killed 211 people in the Midwestern US
• 1918: Lithuania proclaimed its independence
• 1920: The Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party formed
• 1940: The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Lahore), calling for independent Muslim states was adopted by the All-India Muslim League
• 1942: 2,500 Jews of Lublin were either massacred or deported
• 1956: Sudan became independent
• 1965: On the worst day of the 1965 Moroccan Riots, the Moroccan army opened fire on demonstrators protesting restrictions on education as part of factional clashes, killing about 100 people
• 1968: Rev Walter Fauntroy became the first Congressional Delegate to represent Washington DC
• 1976: With the ratification of 35 nations, the International Bill of Rights went into effect
• 1981: The US Supreme Court upheld a law making statutory rape a crime only for men
• 1981: The US Supreme Court ruled states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions
• 1991: 20 Tornadoes killed 5 people in Tennessee
• 2013: 20 people were killed and 200 people were injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
• 2018: A Sahara sandstorm turned snow in Sochi, Russia, orange in one of the largest-ever transfers of desert sand
• 2019: More than 1 million people marched to demand a new EU referendum in London, England
• 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) said the COVID-19 pandemic was accelerating: The first 100,000 cases took 67 days, the second 100,000 cases took 11 days, and the third 100,000 cases took 4 days
• 2020: COVID-19 lockdowns were imposed in South Africa and the United Kingdom while other European nations extended and strengthened their lockdowns
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 23, 2022

• International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week (March 20-26)
• National Agriculture Week (March 20-26)
• National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week (March 20-26)
• National Poison Prevention Week (March 20-26)
• (International) Week of Solidarity with Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Discrimination (March 21-27)
  
  

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)