Calendar

I'm working on an online calendar using PHP and events stored in a MySQL database. So far, I've got a decent-looking calendar that knows what day it is, but I haven't built the database and the appropriate interface yet.

Meanwhile, please enjoy this list of holidays that I intend to load into my database.

Obvious retail holidays

• New Year's Day
• Valentine's Day
• St. Patrick's Day
• Easter
• Mother's Day
• Father's Day
• Independence Day
• Back-to-School
• Halloween
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas
• New Year's Eve

Other significant dates

• Super Bowl Sunday
• Martin Luther King Day
• Mardi Gras
• President's Day
• April Fool's Day
• Tax Day
• Earth Day
• Cinco de Mayo
• Memorial Day
• Graduation
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Election Day
• Veteran's Day
• Black Friday

Personal special occasions

• my birthday
• my husband's birthday
• our anniversary

Family special occasions

• my mom's birthday
• my dad's birthday
• brother's birthday
• my mother-in-law's birthday
• my father-in-law's birthday
• my brother-in law's birthday

More ideas

• National Book Month (October)
• Towel Day (May 25)
• St. Lucy's Day (December 13)
• end of daylight savings (1st Sunday in November)
• "national [whatever] month "

Yet more ideas

• time-to-buy-new-shoes day
• spend-$5-on-stickers day
• visit-a-cave day

Last update to this page: January 2, 2009