October 14
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on October 14 this year.
- R. Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhind. 1850 CE
Founder of the House of Ruzhin dynasties; buried in Sadigura
- R. Ovadia Yosefd. 2013 CE
Iraqi-born posek; former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and Shas leader
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- 1906 CEJewish · born
Political theorist Hannah Arendt, later author of The Origins of Totalitarianism, was born in the Linden district of Hanover, Germany.
- 1986 CEJewish
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel would receive the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1907 CEMesopotamian · born
Ignace Gelb, who long edited the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary and pioneered the comparative study of writing systems, was born in Tarnów on this day in 1907.
- 1956 CEBuddhist
On 14 October 1956 at Nagpur, B. R. Ambedkar formally embraced Buddhism alongside hundreds of thousands of followers, inaugurating a modern Buddhist revival in India.
- 2003 CEBuddhist · died
The Indian vipassana teacher Anagarika Munindra, who taught many pioneers of Western insight meditation, died on 14 October 2003 in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.