Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for November 6, 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
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- 1813: The Chilpancingo Congress declared Mexico’s independence from Spain
- 1844: Spain granted the Dominican Republic independence
- 1910: The Dutch SDAP and NVV parties initiated a campaign for general suffrage for men and women
- 1917: The Bolshevik revolution began with the bombardment of Petrograd’s Winter Palace during the Russian October Revolution
- 1941: The Nazi Einsatz Gruppe killed 15,000 Jews in Rovno, Ukraine
- 1942: Nazis killed 12,000 Jews in the Minsk ghetto
- 1962: Saudi Arabia proclaimed the abolition of slavery
- 1973: Abe Beame was elected the first Jewish mayor of New York City
- 1991: Russian President Boris Yeltsin outlawed the Communist Party
- 2005: The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 killed 25 people in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana
- 2018: Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) became the first Muslim women to be elected to the US House of Representatives
- 2018: Sharice Davids (Kansas) and Deb Haaland (New Mexico) became the first Native American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives
- 2018: Colorado voted to abolish slavery as an allowable form of punishment in the state constitution
- 2018: Colorado elected Jared Polis, the country’s first openly male gay governor
Weekly Holidays and Observances including November 6, 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