October 14·Every year

World Standards Day

Celebrates the organisations (ISO, IEC, ITU) that agree on things like paper sizes, plug shapes, and date formats so the rest of us don't have to. Thrilling to exactly the right people.

Category: Silly
Observed in: SwitzerlandofficialGermanyJapanUnited Kingdom

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Notable · 2021

Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest private-sector strikes in the United States.

2025A coup d'état successfully overthrows Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.
2023Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
2021About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.