Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for November 25, 2021

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

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• National Day of Mourning
• Thanksgiving
• 1357: Charles IV issued a letter of protection regarding the Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
• 1667: A deadly earthquake rocked Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people
• 1744: Austrian forces pillaged and killed the Jews of Prague
• 1839: A devastating cyclone slammed into Southeastern India destroying the city of Coringa and 20,000 ships, and killing an estimated 300,000 people
• 1874: The United States Greenback Party was established consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873
• 1894: The Greenback (Independent) Party was organized in Indianapolis
• 1897: Spain granted Puerto Rico autonomy
• 1930: Ito, Japan recorded 690 earthquakes in 1 day
• 1941: German Jews in the Netherlands were declared stateless, losing their nationality
• 1953: An earthquake and tsunami struck Honshu, Japan
• 1955: Racial segregation was forbidden on trains and buses traveling between US states
• 1958: Senegal became an autonomous state in the French Community
• 1969: John Lennon returned his OBE decoration to protest against the UK’s support for the Vietnam War
• 1975: Netherlands granted Suriname independence
• 1987: Supertyphoon Nina devastated the Philippines swallowing entire villages and killing at least 1,036 people
• 1988: A widely felt earthquake hit the Northeastern US and Canada, though no damage was reported
• 2000: An earthquake struck Baku, Azerbaijan
• 2009: A powerful storm brought 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia causing flooding, killing over 150 people, and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj
• 2011: Sudden severe storms struck Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and damaging thousands of homes
• 2018: The historic Camp Fire in California was declared 100% contained with final totals of 85 people dead, 249 people missing, and 153,000 acres and 14,000 homes burnt
• 2018: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Iran’s Kermanshah province injuring at least 700 people
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including November 25, 2021

• Separation of Church and State Week (November 21-27)
  
  

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