Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for November 11, 2021
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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. 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
- Armistice Day
- Veterans Day
- 1647: Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school attendance law in the American Colonies
- 1811: Cartagena, Colombia declared independence from Spain
- 1918: Poland declared independence
- 1918: The WWI Armistice signed by the Allies and Germany went into effect and World War I hostilities end “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”
- 1940: A blizzard struck the Midwestern US killing over 100 people
- 1942: 745 French Jews were deported to Auschwitz
- 1942: Jews in the Free Zone of France were ordered to wear a yellow star of David
- 1942: Transport #45 departed for Nazi Germany with French Jews aboard
- 1971: A human caused earthslide at Kawasaki, Japan, killed 15 people
- 1975: Angola gained independence from Portugal
- 2012: 12 people were killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
- 2013: 100 people were killed in a tropical cyclone in the Puntland region of Somalia
- 2014: The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain voted on independence in a disputed and non-binding poll
- 2019: Continuing Hong Kong protests experienced a violent day with one person set on fire and another shot amid a general strike
- 2019: More than 120 bush fires in Australia caused the country to declare a state of emergency in two states with a catastrophic threat issued for the Sydney region
- 2019: An Arctic blast brought record low temperatures for November to much of the US Midwest
- 2020: The UK became the first European country, and fifth in the world, to record over 50,000 deaths from COVID-19
- 2020: All of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers resigned after China passed a resolution allowing for the removal of four of their colleagues
Weekly Holidays and Observances including November 11, 2021
- National Diabetes Education Week (November 7-13)
- World Kindness Week (November 7-13)
- National Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 8-14)
November Monthly Holidays and Observances
- Addiction Awareness Month
- AIDS Awareness Month
- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- Healthy Lifestyles Month
- Home Care Month
- Hospice Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- MADD’s Tie One on For Safety Holiday Campaign
- National Adoption Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National American Indian Heriatge Month
- National Bladder Health Awareness Month
- National Diabetes Awareness Month
- National Education Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- National Gratitude Month
- National Healthy Skin Month
- National Hospice Palliative Care Month
- National Inspirational Role Models Month
- National Native American Heritage Month
- National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- World Communication Month