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World Standards Day (International)

Name: World Standards Day (International)
Start: 2000-10-14
End: 2000-10-14
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 14, in the year 0, World Standards Day (International). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 14, a notable event in this corner of history.

World Standards Day is an international day celebrated on 14 October each year. The day honours standards development organizations and aims to raise awareness among regulators, industry and consumers of the importance of standardization to the global economy.

Key Facts

This event took place on October 14, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia source last updated on 5 February 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Historical Events	2025	Oct 14	A coup d'état successfully overthrows Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 14	Thomas J. Donohue, American business executive (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 14	Tina Kaidanow, American diplomat and government official (born 1965)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 14	Janet Nelson, British historian (born 1942)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 14	Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
Historical Events	2023	Oct 14	Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Notable Deaths	2022	Oct 14	Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor, comedian and writer (born 1950)
Historical Events	2021	Oct 14	About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
Notable Deaths	2021	Oct 14	Lee Wan-koo, South Korean politician, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea
Selected Events	2021	Oct 14	Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest private-sector strikes in the United…
Notable Deaths	2019	Oct 14	Harold Bloom, American literary critic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2019	Oct 14	Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model (born 1994)
Historical Events	2017	Oct 14	An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at the Zobe junction in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu,…
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 14	Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (born 1964)
Historical Events	2015	Oct 14	A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 14	Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (born 1947)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 14	Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 14	Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (born 1918)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 14	Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (born 1930)
Historical Events	2014	Oct 14	A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
Historical Events	2014	Oct 14	The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the…
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 14	A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 14	Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 14	Elizabeth Peña, American actress (born 1959)
Selected Events	2014	Oct 14	A snowstorm and series of avalanches occurred on and around the Himalayan peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, resulting…
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (born 1965)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (born 1936)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (born 1954)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Frank Moore, American painter and poet (born 1946)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 14	Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (born 1940)
Historical Events	2012	Oct 14	Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	John Clive, English actor and author (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	James R. Grover Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 14	Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1927)
Selected Events	2012	Oct 14	Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere to become the first person to break the sound…
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 14	Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 14	Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (born 1949)
Selected Events	2011	Oct 14	Michael Woodford was dismissed as the CEO of the optics manufacturer Olympus after uncovering internal financial…
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 14	Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (born 1952)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 14	Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 14	Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 14	Collin Wilcox, American actress (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 14	Lou Albano, American professional wrestler (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 14	Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 14	Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1926)