Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for May 4, 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

• Anti-Bullying Day
• Kent State Shootings Remembrance Day
• National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
• Renewal Day
• 1415: Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus were condemned for heresy and would be burned at the stake
• 1535: Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery were hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
• 1776: Rhode Island declared independence from Great Britain
• 1818: The Netherlands and Great Britain signed a treaty against illegal slave handling
• 1846: The US state of Michigan ended use of the death penalty
• 1897: A fire in a Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon killed 200 people
• 1916: Ned Daly, Willie Pearse, Michael O’Hanrahan, and Joseph Plunkett were executed by British authorities following the Easter Rising against British rule over Ireland
• 1919: Demonstrations organised by students erupted in China after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intended to give Shangtung to Japan
• 1923: New York State repealed the Mullan-Gage Act Prohibition law though the federal Volstead Act was still in place
• 1925: The League of Nations held a conference on arms control and poison gas usage
• 1942: Food was first rationed in US
• 1942: German occupiers imprisoned 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
• 1948: The Hague Court of Justice convicted Nazi SS officer Hans Rauter of Crimes against Humanity leading to his execution on March 24, 1949
• 1961: The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) began freedom rides leaving from Washington, DC
• 1961: South Africa African National Congress (ANC) leader John Nkadimeng was arrested for entering the Sekhukhuneland area to visit his mother without a permit
• 1970: The Ohio National Guard killed 4 people and injured 9 more at Kent State in Ohio
• 1977: US Catholic bishops rescinded automatic excommunications for divorced and remarried Catholics, though receiving communion was still outlawed if previous marriages were not annulled by Church tribunals
• 1979: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1990: Latvia’s parliament voted for independence
• 1992: The US Army and Marine Corps forces arrived in Los Angeles to end rioting following the acquittal of four police officers over the beating of Rodney King
• 2007: Greensburg, Kansas was almost completely destroyed by an F5 tornado
• 2021: Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made an historic apology to the Mayan people for abuses against them in the five centuries since the Spanish conquest
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including May 4, 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)
• National Sun Safety Week (May 2-8)
• World Dystonia Awareness Week (May 3-11)
• Yom HaZikaron (May 3-4)
• Yom HaAtzmaut (May 4-5)
  
  

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