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...The seventh day of October is designated as "Moses Fleetwood Walker Day" in honor of the Ohioan who was the first African-American major league baseball player under contract. In declaring the seventh day of October "Moses Fleetwood Walker Day," the general assembly recognizes the contribution that Moses Fleetwood Walker made to the integration of professional athletics. Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, on October 7, 1...

...The sixteenth day of July is designated as "National Atomic Veterans Day" in this state to raise awareness of the health issues many atomic veterans suffer as a result of their service and sacrifice.

...The month of June is designated as "Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month."

...The second week of October is designated as "Ohio Covered Bridge Week."

...The twenty-ninth day of March is designated as "Ohio Tuskegee Airmen Day."

...The month of May is designated as "Maternal Mortality Awareness Month" to increase public awareness regarding the causes of pregnancy-associated deaths and encourage implementation of interventions intended to reduce the incidence of such deaths.

...The month of April is designated as "Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness Month" to increase public awareness about preventing sexual assault.

...The month of April is designated as "Ohio Work Zone Safety Awareness Month."

...The month of May is designated as "Older Ohioans Month."

...The first week of July is designated as "Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Week" to increase public awareness of neonatal abstinence syndrome as a health concern.

...The sixteenth day of October is designated as "Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day" to increase public awareness and understanding of this form of epilepsy that is also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.

...The month of December is designated as "Free Clinic Appreciation Month."

...June is designated as Ohio Community Theatre Month to recognize the important contributions of community theatres to the quality of life of the citizens of the state.

...The last day of February is designated as "Rare Disease Day" to raise public awareness about rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives.

...The second Tuesday of April is "Ohio Internship and Co-Op Appreciation Day" in order to raise awareness of the value of internship and co-op opportunities in this state and promote the establishment of internship and co-op programs at businesses in this state.

...The month of March is designated as "Endometriosis Awareness Month."

...tember is designated as "International Ataxia Awareness Day" in this state.

...as "Asthma Awareness Month." The fifth day of May is designated as "Childhood Asthma Awareness Day."

...The month of May is designated as "Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month."

...The thirty-first day of January is designated as "Omphalocele Awareness Day" to raise public awareness and encourage medical research on this birth defect.

...The month of April is designated as "Osteopathic Medicine Recognition Month" in honor of the significant contributions made by the osteopathic field of medicine to improve the health of Ohioans.

...The thirtieth day of January is designated as "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day" to raise public awareness about chronic traumatic encephalopathy and those affected by it.

...The month of April is designated as "Genocide Awareness Month" in remembrance of past atrocities and crimes of genocide and to increase awareness of such atrocities and crimes.

...The month of April is designated as "Ohio Native Plant Month" to increase public awareness of Ohio's native plants and the many benefits they provide to pollinators, Ohio's economy, and the health of Ohio's environment.

...The month of January is designated as "Thyroid Health Awareness Month" to raise awareness of thyroid-related diseases and conditions, including thyroid cancer.