Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 29, 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

• 1673: English King Charles II accepted a Test Act excluding Roman Catholics from public office. Several Test Acts were passed to ensure only members of the Church of England could be public officials
• 1799: New York passed a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state
• 1804: Thousands of White people were massacred in Haiti
• 1848: Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
• 1852: Ohio passed a law limiting children under 18 and women to no more than 10 hours of work per day
• 1943: Meat, butter, and cheese rationing began in the US due to World War II
• 1961: The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, allowing citizens living in Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections
• 1968: Students seized control of a building at Maryland’s Bowie State College in protest of racial inequality
• 1971: William Calley Jr of the US Army was found guilty of premeditated killings in the My Lai Massacre
• 1971: Chilean President Allende nationalized banks and copper mines
• 1976: 8 Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
• 1988: The US Congress discontinued aid to Nicaraguan contras
• 1989: Soviet hockey players were permitted to play for the US National Hockey League (NHL) for the first time
• 2014: The first same-sex couples were legally married in the UK as a result of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
• 2015: Voting in the Nigerian General Election was extended to a second day after attacks by Boko Haram killed 43 people
• 2017: UK Prime Minister Theresa May sent a letter to the EU invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, formally triggering Brexit
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 29, 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)