Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for May 3, 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

• World Asthma Day
• World Press Freedom Day
• 1616: The Treaty of Loudun ended a French civil war
• 1841: New Zealand separated from New South Wales and became a separate Crown Colony
• 1845: Macon B Allen became the first African American lawyer admitted to the bar in Massachusetts
• 1845: Fire killed 1,600 people in a popular theater in Canton, China
• 1851: A sixth major fire in San Francisco destroyed 1500-2000 buildings
• 1901: Fire destroyed approximately 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
• 1921: West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax in the US
• 1926: Britain’s Trade Union Congress called for the country’s first ever general strike in support of striking coal miners, which would last 9 days
• 1928: The Jinan Incident began between Japanese soldiers and Chiang Kai-Shek’s National Revolutionary Army in Jinan, China. Thousands of people, mostly Chinese, were killed and events were set in motion that led the the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria
• 1929: Prussia banned anti-fascists
• 1942: Nazis executed 72 members of Dutch underground resistance groups at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
• 1942: Nazis required Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
• 1943: A 4 day national strike against obligatory labor camps ended in the Netherlands after the Nazis killed about 200 people
• 1944 Meat rationing ended in the US
• 1947: Japan’s post-war constitution went into effect granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power, and outlawing Japan’s right to make war
• 1965: Cambodia dropped diplomatic relations with the US
• 1967: African American students seized the finance building at Northwestern University
• 1971: The Nixon administration arrested 13,000 protesters against the Vietnam War in 3 days
• 1991: The Windhoek Declaration on freedom of the press in Africa was adopted
• 1999: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was hit by a tornado that killed 42 people, injured 665 more, and did $1 billion in damage
• 2018: The Indian government confirmed around 110 people died in dust storms in the last 9 days
• 2018: Kilauea volcano on Big Island, Hawaii began erupting forcing evacuations
• 2019: Cyclone Fani struck India and Bangladesh, killing 33 people after one of the biggest human evacuations ever (1.2 million people in India) in 24 hours
• 2020: Brazil confirmed it was the 9th nation where there had been more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases with 7,025 deaths
• 2021: German police announced operations and arrests regarding ‘Boystown’, the world’s largest child abuse image website
• 2021: The Congo announced the end of the latest Ebola outbreak after three months with six deaths
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including May 3, 2022

• Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7)
• Flexible Work Arrangement Week (May 1-7)
• International Building Safety Week (May 1-7)
• National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (May 1-7)
• National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week (May 1-7)
• National Herb Week (May 1-7)
• National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 1-7)
• National Small Business Week (May 1-7)
• Air Quality Awareness Week (May 2-8)
• Eid-Al-Fitr (May 2-May 3)
• National Sun Safety Week (May 2-8)
• World Dystonia Awareness Week (May 3-11)
• Yom HaZikaron (May 3-4)
  
  

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