Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 28, 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

• Virtual Advocacy Day
• 1774: Britain passed the Coercive Acts, known in the US as the Intolerable Acts, to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
• 1799: New York State abolished slavery
• 1804: Ohio passed a law restricting the movement of Black Americans
• 1845: Mexico cut off diplomatic relations with the US
• 1917: Jews were expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities
• 1920: The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak of 1920 affected the Great Lakes region and Deep South states
• 1946: The US State Department released the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power as part of the Cold War
• 1970: 1,086 people died when a 7.4 earthquake struck Turkey
• 1979: A partial meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the US resulted in the release of radioactive gas and iodine into the atmosphere but no deaths
• 1994: Armed Zulus demonstrated in Johannesburg, over 53 were killed in response
• 2005: The 8.7 Sumatran earthquake rocked Indonesia, and was the second strongest earthquake since 1960
• 2006: At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed people took to the streets in France in protest at the government’s proposed First Employment Contract law
• 2009: The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occured in two people in California
• 2014: Russia increased the price of gas to Ukraine by 80%
• 2014: 2 cases of Ebola were reported in Liberia among people who had travelled to Guinea
• 2017: US President Donald Trump signed an energy independence executive order undoing climate-control measures instituted during the Obama administration
• 2017: Cyclone Debbie struck the Northeast Queensland coast as a category 4 storm
• 2019: The European Parliament banned single-use plastics, including cutlery and straws effective by 2021
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 28, 2022

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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)