Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for October 12, 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

  • Free Thought Day
  • Own Business Day
  • National Savings Day
  • 1285: 180 Jews who refused Christian baptism in Munich, Germany were set on fire
  • 1366: King Frederick III of Siciliy forbade decorations on synagogues
  • 1398: The Treaty of Salynas was signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia
  • 1822: The second eruption of Galunggung in Java destroyed the summit of the mountain
  • 1836: 18 inches of snow fell in Bridgewater, New York
  • 1886: A hurricane and resulting sea surge killed 250 people in Indianola, Texas
  • 1915: Despite international protests, Edith Cavell, an English nurse in Belgium, was executed by the Germans for aiding the escape of Allied prisoners
  • 1918: The Cloquet Fire in Minnesota killed 453 people and injured and/or displaced 52,000 more people
  • 1925: A trade agreement was signed between Germany and Russia
  • 1962: The infamous Columbus Day Storm struck the US Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities leaving 46 people dead and at least US $230 million in damages
  • 1968: Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declared independence from Spain
  • 1972: 46 sailors were injured in a race riot onboard the American aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
  • 1977: The US Supreme Court heard arguments in the “reverse discrimination” case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Medical School
  • 1978: Representatives of Israel and Egypt opened talks in Washington
  • 1979: Typhoon Tip became the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded with peak sustained winds of 305km/h (190mph) and a wind diameter of 2,220km (1,380mi)
  • 1988: Israel and China signed a trade deal and plans for diplomatic relations
  • 1992: At least 510 people died after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Cairo, Egypt
  • 2019: Typhoon Hagibis made landfall near Tokyo, Japan, bringing record rainfall and killing at least 56 people

Weekly Holidays and Observances including October 12, 2021

  • Navratri (October 7-15)
  • Death Penalty Focus Week (October 10-16)

October Monthly Holidays and Observances

  • National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
  • Agent Orange Awareness Month
  • Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
  • ADHD Month
  • Blindness Awareness Month
  • Celiac Disease Awareness Month
  • Consumer Information Month
  • Co-Op Awareness Month
  • Diversity Awareness Month
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Dwarfism Awareness Month
  • Dysautonomia Awareness Month
  • Dyslexia Awareness Month
  • Eczema Awareness Month
  • Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
  • Emotional Wellness Month
  • Employee Ownership Month
  • Energy Awareness Month
  • Financial Planning Month
  • Fire Prevention Month
  • Gay and Lesbian History Month
  • Global Diversity Awareness Month
  • Health Literacy Month
  • Healthy Lung Month
  • Home Eye Safety Month
  • Hunger Awareness Month
  • I’m Just Me Because Month
  • LGBT History Month
  • Long-Term Care Planning Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
  • Mental Illness Awareness Month
  • Month of Free Thought
  • National AIDS Awareness Month
  • National Stop Bullying Month/National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
  • National Critical Illness Awareness Month
  • National Cyber Security Awareness Month
  • National Dental Hygiene Month
  • National Depression Education and Awareness Month
  • National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Learning and Development Month
  • National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
  • National Sensory Awareness Month
  • National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
  • National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
  • National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Positive Attitude Month
  • Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Self-Promotion Month
  • Sexuality Education Month
  • Stress Awareness Month
  • World Blindness Awareness Month
  • Rabi ‘-al-Awwal (October 7-November 5)

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