Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for September 18, 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

• National Respect Day
• 1437: A peasant uprising took place in Transylvania
• 1739: Turkey and Austria signed a peace treaty and Austria ceded Belgrade to the Turks
• 1810: Chile declared independence from Spain
• 1812: The Great Fire of Moscow burned out 5 days after being intentionally set to prevent Napoleon from taking the city. It resulted in 75% of the city being destroyed and 12,000 people killed
• 1885: Riots broke out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination
• 1906: A typhoon and tsunami killed an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong
• 1910: 25,000 people demonstrated in Amsterdam for general suffrage
• 1914: The Irish Home Rule bill received Royal assent
• 1919: The Dutch second chamber accepted female suffrage
• 1919: A hurricane with tides 16 feet above normal drowned 280 people along the US Gulf Coast
• 1926: A hurricane hit Miami and killed 250 people
• 1942: The order for “extermination of asocials through labour” was approved by Nazi Minister of Justice, Otto Thierack
• 1943: Adolf Hitler ordered the deportation of Danish Jews which was unsuccessful
• 1945: 1000 white people walked out of Gary, Indiana schools to protest integration
• 1974: Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras with 110 mph winds bringing 5,000 deaths
• 1989: Hurricane Hugo caused extensive damage in Puerto Rico
• 1997: Voters in Wales voted yes (50.3%) in a referendum on Welsh autonomy
• 2006: Right wing protesters rioted at the Hungarian Television Building in Budapest, Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his party lied during the 2006 general elections
• 2007: Buddhist monks joined anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution
• 2014: Scotland voted to stay a member of the United Kingdom in an independence referendum
• 2014: Emma Watson delivered an address to a standing ovation at UN Headquarters in New York City, helping launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which called for men to advocate for gender equality
• 2017: Hurricane Maria passed over the Island of Dominica as a category 5 storm, destroying 90% of buildings and killing 27 people
• 2020: Cyclone Ianos, a rare ‘medicane’ began sweeping across Greece resulting in three people’s deaths
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including September 18, 2021

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September Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Animal Pain Awareness Month
• ADHD Month
• Baby Safety Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• International People Skills Month
• International Self-Awareness Month
• International Speak Out Month
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Disaster Preparedness Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• National Fruits and Veggies Month aka More Matters Month
• National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
• National Literacy Month
• National Myositis Awareness Month
• National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• National Pain Awareness Month
• National Preparedness Month aka PrepareAthon
• National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• National Recovery Month
• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• National Suicide Prevention Month
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Self-Care Awareness Month
• Self-Improvement Month
• Update your Resume Month
• National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)