Day Guide for Wednesday October 14th 2015 What are the holidays on October 14th 2015?

This is our day guide for Wednesday October 14th 2015 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 2015

International: Ras el am el Hejri

Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.

Malaysia: Awal Muharram

Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.

Regional

Pakistan (regional): Martyrdom of Hazrat Umar Farooq

Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A.) was the second Muslim caliph who became a martyr in 644CE

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 1963

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General Information for October 14th 2015
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 287 of 2015
78 days left in 2015
Week 42 of the year
On this Day in History
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.
1926 – The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
1773 - Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
1644 - William Penn, the English founder of Pennsylvania, USA, is born.