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