The Greatest Days
The 42 curated days on the calendar, starting with what's coming up next.
September 13
Programmers' Day
Programmers' Day lands on the year's 256th day, chosen because 256 is the highest number a single byte can hold.
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September 19
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Talk Like a Pirate Day makes today the one day a year that shouting 'arrr' at strangers is completely socially acceptable.
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September 22
Fall Equinox
Autumn often begins today, the equinox splitting day and night into equal halves.
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September 26
National Pancake Day
National Pancake Day is a purely joyful excuse to stack your plate high with whatever topping you love most.
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September 29
National Coffee Day
National Coffee Day gives coffee lovers an official excuse to treat themselves to one more cup.
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October 21
Back to the Future Day
Back to the Future Day marks the exact future date Marty McFly time-traveled to in Back to the Future Part II.
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October 31
Halloween
Halloween turns porches into decorations and makes candy the only currency that matters for one whole night.
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November 1
Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos has Mexican families honoring loved ones who've passed with marigolds, sugar skulls, and lovingly decorated altars.
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November 9
On this night in 1989, a mistaken announcement at a press conference set off the fall of the Berlin Wall, reuniting a divided city.
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December 21
Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice brings the longest night of the year, the astronomical tipping point where days start getting longer again.
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December 24
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the one night the whole world stays up a little later, waiting for Santa or just the morning ahead.
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December 25
Christmas Day
Christmas wraps up the whole year in lights, gifts, and one very busy Santa.
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December 26
Boxing Day
Boxing Day gives the UK and Commonwealth an extra day off after Christmas, sharing the calendar with Ireland's quirky Wren Day.
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December 31
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve has the whole world counting down together tonight, with Scotland adding its own Hogmanay traditions on top.
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January 1
New Year's Day
New Year's Day opens the calendar with fireworks at midnight and a full batch of resolutions still unbroken.
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January 25
Burns Night
Scotland toasts its national poet tonight with Burns Night: haggis, whisky, bagpipes, and Robert Burns's verses read aloud.
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February 2
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day has Punxsutawney Phil stepping out of his burrow, and folklore says his shadow decides whether winter runs six more weeks.
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February 14
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day traces back to an early Christian martyr named Valentine, though which one exactly is still up for historical debate.
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February 29
Bachelor's Day
Bachelor's Day only shows up once every four years, and old leap-year tradition says it's the day women get to do the proposing.
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March 10
Mario Day
Mario Day gets its date from a pun: written out, 3/10 becomes MAR10, which reads just like MARIO.
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March 14
Pi Day
Pi Day works because the date, 3/14, matches pi's first digits, and in Japan the same day doubles as White Day, its answer to Valentine's.
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March 17
Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day turns the whole world green, honoring the fifth-century missionary credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland.
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March 20
Spring Equinox
The Spring Equinox splits day and night evenly today, coinciding with the UN's International Day of Happiness.
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April 1
April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day means double-checking everything you read today, since even the news can't entirely be trusted.
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April 7
National Beer Day
National Beer Day marks April 7, 1933, the day beer became legal in America again after more than a decade of Prohibition.
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April 12
First Human in Space
On this night in 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to reach space, orbiting Earth once aboard Vostok 1.
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April 20
420
420 became cannabis culture's unofficial holiday purely by numeric coincidence, and the name stuck for good.
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May 1
May Day
May Day welcomes spring with maypole dances and flower crowns, a tradition that's stuck around for centuries.
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May 4
Star Wars Day
Star Wars Day exists purely because May 4 sounds like 'may the Fourth,' and the pun was simply too good to pass up.
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May 5
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo celebrates a scrappy Mexican army's 1862 underdog win over French forces, not Mexican independence, that's in September.
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May 20
World Bee Day
World Bee Day thanks the tiny pollinators behind roughly a third of everything we eat.
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May 25
Towel Day
Towel Day has Hitchhiker's Guide fans carrying a towel everywhere, in honor of author Douglas Adams and his most famous piece of advice.
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June 7
National Donut Day
National Donut Day honors the WWI-era 'Donut Lassies' who fried treats for soldiers on the front lines to lift morale.
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June 16
First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on this day in 1963, orbiting Earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6.
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June 21
Summer Solstice
The Summer Solstice brings the longest stretch of daylight all year, and skaters get to celebrate it with their own holiday too.
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June 28
International LGBTQ Pride Day
International LGBTQ Pride Day traces back to the 1969 Stonewall uprising, and math fans get to celebrate Tau Day the same day.
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July 1
Canada Day
Canada Day marks the 1867 confederation that created the country, celebrated today with fireworks and red-and-white everything.
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July 4
Independence Day
Independence Day marks America's 1776 declaration of independence, celebrated with fireworks, cookouts, and the loudest birthday party of the year.
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July 14
Bastille Day
Bastille Day sends all of France out for fireworks, parades, and a nationwide toast to the republic's founding.
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July 20
Moon Landing Day
Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon on this day in 1969, with Neil Armstrong's first steps following a few hours later.
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August 8
International Cat Day
International Cat Day gives the internet's favorite animal its own official day to be adored.
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August 26
National Dog Day
National Dog Day is exactly what it sounds like: a whole day dedicated to celebrating dogs, no further justification needed.
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