This is our day guide for Thursday October 14th 2021 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 14th 2021
International: Chung Yeung Festival
The festival, otherwise known as Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth moon for millennia
Bhutan: Dassain
Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.
Georgia: Day of Svetitskovloba
This public holiday commemorates the first Christian church to be established in Georgia. According to tradition the shirt of Jesus is buried under the churchRegional
India (regional): Navami of Durga Puja
Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess DurgaRegional
India (regional): Ayudha Puja
On Ayudha Puja, the ninth day of Navaratri, many common and seemingly mundane tools and implements are cleaned and worshipped.Regional
India (regional): Mahanavami
The festival of Dusseha symbolizes the triumph of good over evil in the legend of Rama and RavanaRegional
Moldova (regional): Chisinau City Day
Public Holiday just for Chisinau. Each city and village has its own celebration day
Nepal: Maha Navami
The festival of Dusseha symbolizes the triumph of good over evil in the legend of Rama and Ravana
Tanzania: Mwalimu Nyerere Day
Commemorates the death of Julius Nyerere, the father of the nation, in 1999
Ukraine: Day of the Defender
Honours the courage of the defenders of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity
Yemen: Liberation Day
Marks the start of the armed struggle against British rule in South Yemen in 1963Observances on October 14th 2021
USA: Be Bald and Be Free Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Be Bald and Be Free Day
USA: National Dessert Day
This is the ultimate holiday for people with a major sweet tooth!
International: World Standards Day
A day to honor those who work to bring standards and order to our lives.
International: World Sight Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Sight Day.
China: Chung Yeung Festival
The festival, otherwise known as Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth moon for millennia.
Poland: Teachers Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Teachers DayOctober 13th 2021 | Go to Today | October 15th 2021
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| General Information for October 14th 2021 | |
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| There are 11 public holidays today. | |
| Day 287 of 2021 | |
| 78 days left in 2021 | |
| Week 41 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1999 - Irish Tenor Josef Locke dies aged 82. | |
| 1964 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thereby, along with his allies - such as Alexei Kosygin - the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ousting the former monolithic leader Nikita Khrushchev, and sending him into retirement as anonperson in the USSR. | |
| 1933 - Nazi Germany withdraws from the League of Nations. | |
| 1644 - William Penn, the English founder of Pennsylvania, USA, is born. |
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