Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for October 19, 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

• Evaluate Your Life Day
• Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
• Rainforest Day
• 1298: 140 Jews of Heilbron, Germany were massacred
• 1634: Beach Island in the North Sea was destroyed by a heavy storm and flooding
• 1722: French C. Hopffer patented the automatic fire extinguisher in England
• 1818: The US Government and Chickasaw Indians signed a treaty
• 1870: The first four African Americans were elected to the US House of Representatives
• 1924: Belgium’s General Christian Worker’s Union demanded an 8 hour work day
• 1932: Austria forbade demonstrations by Nazis and anti-fascists
• 1954: Egypt and Great Britain signed a treaty resulting in British troops departing
• 1960: France granted Mauritania independence
• 1974: Niue became self-governing, while maintaining association with New Zealand
• 1988: Britain banned broadcast interviews with IRA members
• 2005: Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record
• 2020: Belgian officials said the country was facing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 cases amid new restrictions and figured it had the third highest number of Covid-related deaths per 100,000 people globally
• 2020: The Irish government moved the country to the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions amid rising cases
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including October 19, 2021

• Freedom From Bullies Week (October 17-23)
• Bullying Bystanders Unite Week (October 17-23)
• National Character Counts Week (October 17-23)
• Spiritual Care Week (October 17-23)
• Freedom of Speech Week (October 18-24)
• International Infection Prevention Week (October 18-24)
• Mediation Week (October 18-24)
• Milad Un Nabi (October 18-19)
  
  

October Monthly Holidays and Observances

• 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)