Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for October 29, 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

  • World Stroke Day
  • International Internet Day
  • National Hermit Day
  • 1390: The first documented trial for witchcraft began in Paris
  • 1692: The Court of Oyer and Terminer convened for the Salem witch trials was dissolved
  • 1727: A severe earthquake rocked New England
  • 1913: Floods in El Salvador killed thousands of people
  • 1923: Turkey, as a successor state to the Ottoman Empire, declared independence
  • 1940: US Secretary of War Henry L Stimson drew the first number in the first peacetime military draft in US history
  • 1942: Nazis murdered 16,000 Jews in Pinsk, Soviet Union
  • 1966: The organizing conference for the National Organization for Women (NOW) was held
  • 1969: The US Supreme Court ordered an end to all school segregation “at once”
  • 1970: The Electoral Reform Society called for the introduction of Proportional Representation (PR) in Northern Ireland’s elections
  • 1983: 550,000 Dutch people demonstrated against cruise missiles
  • 1988: 2,000 anti-abortion protesters were arrested for blocking clinics in the US
  • 1990: 30 people died in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Algeria
  • 1998: South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission presented its report, which condemned both sides for committing atrocities during Apartheid
  • 1998: Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras
  • 1999: The deadliest Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone hit Odisha, India with winds of up to 300 mph, leaving 9,885 people dead
  • 2011: A record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States left nearly 2 million people without power
  • 2012: Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage
  • 2018: Storms in Italy killed at least 11 people, flooded 75% of Venice, and spawned two tornadoes in Terracina
  • 2019: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned after two weeks of nationwide protests and an economic crisis
  • 2019: Climate Central published a study in Nature Communications stating rising seas could endanger 150 million people worldwide, three times more than previously thought
  • 2019: 1.5 million people were left without power in California as the utility company turned power off to try and avoid sparking more wildfires
  • 2020: India recorded more than 8 million COVID-19 cases, and a death toll of 120,527

Weekly Holidays and Observances including October 29, 2021

  • Ace Week (Formerly Asexuality Week) – October 24-30
  • Disarmament Week – October 24-30

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)

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