Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 25, 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 of the Unborn Child
• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• National Cerebral Palsy Day
• 1669: Sicily’s Mount Etna erupted, destroying the city of Nicolosi and killing 20,000 people
• 1802: Great Britain and the French Republic signed the Treaty of Amiens ending the War of the Second Coalition and the French Revolutionary Wars
• 1807: The British Parliament abolished the slave trade throughout the British Empire and levied a penalty of £120 per slave for ship captains violating the prohibition
• 1900: The US Socialist Party formed in Indianapolis
• 1913: Dayton, Ohio was almost destroyed when the Scioto, Great Miami, and Muskingum Rivers reach flooded stage simultaneously. Known as the Great Dayton Flood, it was Ohio’s greatest natural disaster
• 1923: The British government granted Trans-Jordan autonomy
• 1931: The “Scottsboro Boys” were arrested in Alabama, accused of raping 2 white women. It is a commonly cited example of racism and violations of the right to a fair trial
• 1937: Italy and Yugoslavia signed the Pact of Belgrade, a non-aggression treaty
• 1942: The first 700 Jews from the Polish Lvov district reached the Bełżec Concentration camp
• 1943: 97% of Dutch physicians went on strike against Nazi registration
• 1949: The Soviet Union began Operation Pribioi, the mass deportation of 90,000 Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians to inhospitable areas in the Soviet Union
• 1955: East Germany was granted full sovereignty by the occupying USSR
• 1957: The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community, also known as the European Common Market
• 1964: Egypt ended a 12 year state of siege
• 1965: Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 protestors to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama
• 1976: The Argentine military junta banned leftist political parties
• 1986: The US Supreme Court ruled the Air Force could ban the wearing of yarmulkes
• 1987: The US Supreme Court ruled that gender-based workplace affirmative action plans did not constitute discrimination on the basis of sex under the Civil Rights Act 1964
• 2006: Protesters demanded a new election in Belarus following a rigged presidential election, clashes with riot police took place, and opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin and several other protesters were arrested
• 2019: Ongoing power blackouts in Caracas, Venezuela prompted the government to tell workers and students to stay at home
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 25, 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)