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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