Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for November 3, 2021

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ByGarrett

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 Stress Awareness Day
  • 1394: Jews were expelled from France by Charles VI
  • 1783: George Washington ordered the Continental Army disbanded
  • 1839: Freedom of religion was proclaimed in Turkey
  • 1868: John Willis Menard (Louisiana) became the first black US Congressman to be elected, but opposition to his election prevented his being seated in Congress
  • 1883: Race riots resulted in the deaths of 4 African Americans in Danville, Virginia
  • 1883: The US Supreme Court decided federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native American Tribal Councils
  • 1885: Vigilantes in Tacoma, Washington drove out people of Chinese ancestry and burned their homes and businesses
  • 1903: Colombia granted independence to Panama
  • 1905: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signed a document of amnesty for political prisoners
  • 1918: The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved
  • 1918: Poland proclaimed independence from Russia after World War I
  • 1927: Flooding from a tropical storm killed 84 people in the Winooski River Valley, Vermont
  • 1964: For the first time since 1800, residents of Washington, DC were permitted to vote
  • 1978: Dominica gained independence from the United Kingdom
  • 1978: The USSR and Vietnam signed a peace and friendship treaty
  • 1979: Five people were mortally wounded during an anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in North Carolina
  • 1984: 3,000 people died in 3 days of anti-Sikh riots in India
  • 1989: Hundreds of Bulgarians demonstrated in Sofia for democratic rights
  • 1992: Carol Moseley-Braun (Illinois) became the first African-American woman elected to the US Senate
  • 1997: A California law ended affirmative action
  • 2014: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global action on climate change after warnings from scientists
  • 2020: Hurricane Eta made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category Four storm with winds of 140 km, killing at least 235 people across Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama

Weekly Holidays and Observances including November 3, 2021

  • World Communication Week (November 1-7)

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

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