The Calendar
What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.
Observed On This Date
Commemoration of a person or event
Fixed Gregorian date, 14 October, every year.
Marks the anniversary of the 1946 London meeting of delegates from 25 countries that led to the founding of the International Organization for Standardization the following year.
This Week In Arts and Music History
Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.