Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for May 10, 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

• National Small Business Day
• Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
• Trust Your Intuition Day
• World Lupus Day
• 1267: Vienna’s church ordered all Jews to wear distinctive garb
• 1278: Jews in England were imprisoned on charges of coining
• 1427: Jews were expelled from Bern, Switzerland
• 1768: John Wilkes was imprisoned for writing an article for “The North Briton” severely criticizing King George III which imprisonment provoked rioting in London
• 1775: The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issued paper currency for the first time
• 1796: The French government arrested 10 utopian proto-socialists including François-Noël Babeuf on charges of plotting a revolution
• 1857: An Indian Mutiny against the British East India Company’s rule began with the revolt of the Sepoy soldiers in Meerut
• 1872: Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for the US presidency by the Equal Rights Party
• 1894: The Hong Kong government declared the port was infected with the plague and the outbreak would kill 20,489 people over 29 years
• 1919: Race riots in Charleston, South Carolina left 2 African Americans dead
• 1922: Dr Ivy Williams became the first woman to be called to the English Bar
• 1925: To control demonstrations against foreigners, British troops in Shanghai fired into a crowd, leading to a boycott against British goods
• 1933: Nazis staged public book burnings in Germany
• 1937: Busmen went on strike in London
• 1940: Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaimed an end to the state of siege
• 1979: The Federated States of Micronesia became self-governing
• 1989: General Manuel Noriega’s Panama government nullified the country’s elections after the opposition won 3-1
• 1993: A fire in clothing factory in Bangkok killed 145 people
• 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s first black president
• 1995: Great Britain lifted a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Féin
• 1995: In South Africa, 104 miners were killed in an elevator accident
• 2003: The May 2003 Tornado Outbreak Sequence began to wind down. In all, 41 people were killed and 661 were injured by 361 tornadoes
• 2012: The Red Cross suspended all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and killed
• 2017: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released a report saying that some glaciers in Montana had receded by 85% in the last 50 years
• 2018: R. Kelly’s songs were removed from Spotify playlists after sexual abuse allegations against him
• 2018: China announced plans for the world’s largest weather-control system, rain-inducing machines for the Tibetan Plateau
• 2021: Violence escalated between Palestinians and Israelis after Israeli officers entered the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, rockets were fired from Gaza in response, and retaliatory airstrikes from Israel killed at least 31 people
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including May 10, 2022

• World Dystonia Awareness Week (May 3-11)
• Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 8-14)
  
  

May Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Asthma Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Breathe Easy Month
• Clean Air Month
• Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
• Electromagnetic Radiation Awareness Month
• Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
• Food Allergy Awareness Month
• Fungal Infection Awareness Month
• Gardening for Wildlife Month
• Healthy Vision Month/UV Safety
• High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
• Home Schooling Awareness Month
• Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
• International Respect for Chickens Month
• International Victorious Woman Month
• Internet and E-Commerce Services Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• Labor History Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• MCS Awareness Month
• Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Community Action Month
• National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• National Hepatitis Awareness Month
• National Meditation Month
• National Mental Health Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Recommitment Month
• National Stroke Awareness Month
• National Tuberous Scierosis Awareness Month
• Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
• Neurofibromatosis Month
• Revise Your Work Schedule Month
• Small Business Month
• Spiritual Literacy Month
• Syringomyelia Awareness Month
• Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month 
• Trauma Awareness Month
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month