Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for March 8, 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 (Working) Women’s Day
• UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace
• 1658: The Peace of Roskilde was signed between Sweden and Denmark
• 1782: The Ohio militia killed 90 Native Americans in the Gnadenhutten Massacre
• 1884: Susan B. Anthony addressed the US House Judiciary Committee arguing for a Constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote, 16 years after legislators first introduced a federal women’s suffrage amendment
• 1894: The state of New York enacted the nation’s first dog-licensing law
• 1913: The Internal Revenue Service began levying and collecting income taxes
• 1943: Limited gambling was legalized in Mexico
• 1945: 53 Amsterdammers were executed by Nazi occupiers
• 1945: International Women’s Day was first observed
• 1945: Phyllis M Daley became the first black nurse sworn in as a US Navy ensign
• 1948: The US Supreme Court ruled in McCollum v Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional
• 1964: Malcolm X resigned from the Nation of Islam
• 1968: Students demonstrated in Warsaw
• 1994: The US Defense Department announced a ban on smoking in workplaces
• 2013: North Korea terminated all peace pacts with South Korea
• 2018: US President Donald Trump authorized tariffs on steel and aluminum, excluding Canada and Mexico
• 2018: 5 million Spanish women marked International Women’s Day by striking over gender inequality and sexual discrimination
• 2020: Italy announced it was locking down the northern region of Lombardy, including Milan, with 16 million people, as COVID-19 cases reached 5,800 with 233 people’s deaths
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including March 8, 2022

• Fairtrade Fortnight (February 28 – March 13)
• National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12)
• No More Week (March 6-12)
• Save Your Vision Week (March 6-12)
  
  

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)