Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 26, 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

• Earth Hour Day
• 1668: England took control of Bombay, India
• 1790: The US Congress passed a Naturalization Act requiring 2 years residency prior to naturalization
• 1804: The US Congress ordered the removal of Native Americans east of Mississippi to Louisiana
• 1812: A 7.7 earthquake destroyed 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and killed an estimated 15,000–20,000 people
• 1863: Voters in West Virginia approved the gradual emancipation of slaves
• 1872: An 7.8 earthquake shook Owens Valley, California
• 1910: The US prohibited immigration by criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick
• 1953: Dr. Jonas Salk announced he had successfully tested a vaccine to prevent polio
• 1962: The US Supreme Court backed the apportionment of seats in state legislatures by the principle of 1-man-1-vote
• 1966: Large anti-Vietnam War protests took place throughout the US, including New York, Washington DC, and Chicago
• 1970: The Police (Northern Ireland) Act became law, providing for the disarmament of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the establishment of an RUC reserve force
• 1971: Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declared independence from Pakistan
• 1975: The Biological Weapons Convention went into effect
• 1979: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, DC
• 1981: Police and Albanian demonstrators battled in Kosovo, Yugoslavia
• 1999: A jury in Michigan found Dr Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man
• 2005: The Taiwanese government called on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People’s Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attended
• 2006: In Scotland a prohibition against smoking in all substantially enclosed public places went into effect
• 2017: Anti-corruption protests in Russia resulted in the arrests of hundreds, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny
• 2018: The US, European Union, and Ukraine expelled more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in the UK
• 2018: The US Federal Trade Commission confirmed it would investigate Facebook over privacy concerns
• 2019: The European Parliament made changes to copyright laws which made internet companies responsible for copyright infringements
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 26, 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)