(???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | - Using finger as a personal bookmark to list a few geeky & fun dates | (???) | - Using v.gd to shorten some links. Safe. Preview of link by default | (???) | - an * on column one indicates a recent entry or edit | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (???) ----------------------------------- 2024 ----------------------------------- (???) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 05apr : First Contact Day (see also March 15th) | (???) | Fri | (???) | https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/First_Contact_Day | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Contact_Day | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 08apr : Total Solar Eclipse across North America | (???) | Mon | (???) | Path: zoomable, clickable map | (???) | https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8 | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 12apr : International Day of Human Space Flight (aka: Yuri's Night) | (???) | Fri | (???) | https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-spaceflight-day | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%27s_Night | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 23apr : World Book Day | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/world-book-day | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 28apr : National Superhero Day | (???) | Sun | (???) | https://www.calendarr.com/united-states/national-superhero-day/ | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 04may : Free Comic Book Day (first Saturday in May) | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://www.freecomicbookday.com/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 05may : National Cartoonists Day | (???) | Sun | (???) | https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/national-cartoonists-day | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 11may : National Twilight Zone Day | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/national-twilight-zone-day | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 18may : International Museum Day | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://imd.icom.museum/what-is-imd/imd-in-short/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 21may : End of the World | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://www.holidaycalendar.io/holiday/end-of-the-world | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 25may : Towel Day (Whatever you do... Don't Panic!) | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://www.towelday.org/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 26may : National Paper Airplane Day | (???) | Sun | (???) | http://www.nationalpaperairplaneday.org/ | (???) | https://www.foldnfly.com/lounge/national-paper-airplane-day.php | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 16jun : Captain Picard Day | (???) | Sun | (???) | https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-captain-picard-day/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 25jun : George Orwell | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell | (???) | | (???) | The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men | (???) | do nothing. | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 02jul : World UFO Day | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_UFO_Day | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 10jul : Nikola Tesla | (???) | Wed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla | (???) | -------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived | (???) | https://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 13jul : Embrace Your Geekiness Day | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/embrace-your-geekness-day/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 29jul : Don't Be a Dick Day please be kind to each other) | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://dontbeadickday.com/ | (???) | https://wilwheaton.net/2012/07/happy-dont-be-a-dick-day/ | (???) | -------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression: | (???) | https://v.gd/lGJOnf | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 12aug : IBM PC Day (1981) & IBM PC DOS | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/ibm-pc-day/ | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_DOS | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 19aug : Gene Roddenberry | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 29aug : Judgment Day (1997) : Rise of the... chatbots(?) | (???) | Thu | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_(franchise) | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 21sep : Software Freedom Day | (???) | Sat 3rd Saturday of September | (???) | | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day | (???) | https://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 03nov : Daylight Saving Time Ends (back 1 hour) | (???) | Sun | (???) | https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 11nov : Hugh Everett III (the multiverse) | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Everett_III | (???) | https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-many-worlds-theory/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 30nov : Computer Security Day | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://www.cybertalk.org/national-computer-security-day/ | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 03dec : National Baud Day (non-US) : date format dd/mm/yy | (???) | Tue Previous Baud Day 12mar2024 : date format mm/dd/yy | (???) | | (???) | I do not know if there will be another Baud Day in the future after| (???) | this date... | (???) | | (???) | https://www.southernamis.com/baudday | (???) | https://archive.ph/UqihQ and wayback | (???) | | (???) | https://www.southernamis.com/forum/general-discussions/baud-day | (???) | https://archive.ph/thkwI and wayback | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 14dec : International Shareware Day (second Saturday in December) | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/shareware-day/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 28dec : Stan Lee | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (???) ----------------------------------- 2025 ----------------------------------- (???) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 02jan : Science Fiction Day | (???) | Thu Isaac Asimov | (???) | | (???) | https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/science-fiction-day | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 04jan : Isaac Newton (25dec on Julian Calendar) | (???) | Sat | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 15jan : Wikipedia Day | (???) | Wed | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day | (???) | -------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | Best offfline ZIM Viewer: | (???) | https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-pwa/ | (???) | | (???) | Massive collection of ZIMs: | (???) | https://library.kiwix.org/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 28jan : Data Privacy Day | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/data-privacy-day/ | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | 02feb : Groundhog Day | (???) | Sun | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 17feb : Random Acts of Kindness Day | (???) | Mon | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/national-random-acts-of-kindness-day/ | (???) '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' (???) .----------------------------------------------------------------------------. (???) | | (???) | 15mar : World Contact Day | (???) | Fri | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Contact_Day | (???) | -------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | https://youtu.be/bGJZP0rePuY (Rue Mevlana, this is so great!) | (???) | https://youtu.be/zMWtDcuN6Jw (Stuart Doherty, love the effort) | (???) | | (???) | https://youtu.be/JNBV5hofD_U (Klaatu, newer video edit) | (???) | https://youtu.be/BsK2SIDLgyM (Carpenters cover, nice edit) | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 20mar : Fred Rogers (he was the best of us) | (???) | Wed | (???) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 20mar : Alien Abduction Day | (???) | Wed | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/alien-abduction-day/ | (???) | -------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | https://redd.it/jkm76b (most compelling UFO posts/videos) | (???) | | (???) | https://mufon.com/ | (???) | https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/ | (???) | https://openminds.tv/ | (???) | https://nuforc.org/ | (???) | https://www.space.com/tag/ufos-extraterrestrials | (???) | https://www.theguardian.com/world/ufos | (???) | https://www.huffpost.com/topic/ufos | (???) | https://redd.it/bymfpp (list of UFO sites) | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 22mar : Talk Like William Shatner Day | (???) | Fri | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/talk-like-william-shatner-day/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 26mar : Live Long and Prosper Day (Peace and long life) | (???) | Tue | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/live-long-and-prosper-day/ | (???) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| (???) | 27mar : World Theatre Day | (???) | Wed | (???) | https://nationaltoday.com/world-theatre-day/ | (???) 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