Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 27, 2022

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ByGarrett

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

  • 1003: A peace deal was signed between Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor and the pagan Slavic Wends
  • 1309: Pope Clement V excommunicated the entire population of the city of Venice
  • 1709: The dike at the town of Hardinxveld broke and the Alblasserwaard region was flooded
  • 1866: US President Andrew Johnson vetoed civil rights legislation, but it later became the 14th Amendment
  • 1890: A tornado struck Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people and injuring 200 more
  • 1915: Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary was arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid
  • 1944: 1,000 Jews left Drancy, France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp
  • 1944: 2,000 Jews were murdered in Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 1944: 40 Jewish policemen in the Riga, Latvia ghetto were shot by the Gestapo
  • 1944: Children’s Aktion-Nazis collected all the Jewish children of Lovno
  • 1961: Black demonstrators in Charleston, South Carolina staged ride-ins on street cars
  • 1962: Archbishop Rummel ended racial segregation in New Orleans Catholic schools
  • 1964: The magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake and resulting tsunami killed 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded in the world
  • 1972: Ulster Vanguard organised an industrial strike against the imposition of direct rule on Northern Ireland by Westminster
  • 1979: The US Supreme Court ruled that police can’t randomly stop cars
  • 2009: Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, failed killing at least 99 people
  • 2013: 12 people were killed in the Philippines after a mini-tornado caused a boat to capsize
  • 2019: Facebook banned white nationalism and white supremacy following criticism that the Christchurch, New Zealand terrorist was able to live-stream his attack

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 27, 2022

  • (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)

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