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The stage magician Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller, said in his biography that "Every Day is an Atheist Holiday".

To wit, I'm collecting a calendar of dates that have significance to me. I'll add to it over time. I hope to eventually make every day a tiny personal holiday. (I will still go in to work, but I will know that it's a holiday.)

For brevity, assume all software releases are for Linux or Windows, and all media releases are relative to the USA or North America

MonthDayYearHoliday
Jan011970Unix epoch began
Jan02--
Jan03--
Jan042001RuneScape
Jan05--
Jan06--
Jan07--
Jan08--
Jan092014CrazyGameNerd speedruns F-Zero GX live at AGDQ
Jan10--
Jan11--
Jan12--
Jan13--
Jan142003SimCity 4 released
Jan152001Wikipedia launched
Jan16--
Jan17--
Jan182019hbomberguy plays Donkey Kong 64 for 57 hours straight to raise money for charity
Jan192038Epochalypse (UTC)
Jan20--
Jan212019Steven Universe's series finale, Change Your Mind, premieres
Jan22--
Jan23--
Jan24--
Jan252018Celeste released
Jan26--
Jan27--
Jan28--
Jan29--
Jan302007Windows Vista released
Jan31--
Feb011967Surrealistic Pillow, the Jefferson Airplane album, released
Feb02????Groundhog Day
Feb03--
Feb041977Rumours by Fleetwood Mac released
Feb05--
Feb06--
Feb072014Dawn of the Brave by Van Canto released
Feb08--
Feb09--
Feb10--
Feb1--
Feb121993Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray
Feb13--
Feb142006Age of Winters by The Sword released
Feb152020Shame by ContraPoints released
Feb16--
Feb17--
Feb18--
Feb191968Mister Rogers' Neighborhood national debut
Feb191999Office Space released
Feb201968Columbo premieres on NBC
Feb202016P-1112 Aigaion shot down by Garuda Team and allies
Feb212006Lua 5.1 released
Feb222005Gran Turismo 4 released
Feb23--
Feb24--
Feb25--
Feb26--
Feb27--
Feb28--
Feb29--
Mar032010Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore published
Mar061990An SR-71 set 4 speed records while flying to a museum to become an exhibit
Mar062007MotorStorm released
Mar122021The US surpasses 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered
Mar13--
Mar14--
Mar15--
Mar16--
Mar17--
Mar18--
Mar19--
Mar20--
Mar211962Taco Bell founded
Mar221982The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden released
Mar221987GCC released
Mar232018Used Future by The Sword released
Mar242006Elephant's Dream released
Mar25--
Mar26--
Mar27--
Mar28--
Mar291995Aryx by Karsten Koch published
Mar311999The Matrix released
Apr072005Git
Apr082024Great American Eclipse
Apr09--
Apr101986The Lords of Synth repel Halley's Comet
Apr102019M87 "Powehi" photo released
Apr111988Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden released
Apr131979Dawn of the Dead released
Apr142003Golden Sun: The Lost Age released
Apr181980Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath released
Apr181998Initial D, the anime adaptation, premiered in Japan
Apr192013Shockwave defeats Grave Digger in a drag race at Nitro Jam (observed) (Video)
Apr212015Universal Love, Said The Cactus Person
Apr262013Ludum Dare 26, the first game jam I ever entered
May?1982Eye in the Sky by The Alan Parsons Project released
May01--
May022013Mozilla's Epic Citadel asm.js demo
May03--
May04--
May051998Einhander released
May052016Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System saves the life of an F-16 pilot during training
May06--
May07--
May082001Falconer releases their self-titled debut album
May092006Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends released
May101996Internet Archive founded
May102009Redis released
May111992Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden released
May131998Monster Truck Madness 2 released
May152015Rust 1.0 released
May152015Mad Max: Fury Road released
May161983Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden released
May172001Nintendo reveals Super Smash Bros. Melee at E3 2001 (observed)
May18--
May192009The Git Parable published
May201997The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters released
May222001Red Faction released
May23--
May24--
May251973Tubular Bells, the album, released
May26--
May27--
May292019Unspoken personal significance
Jun01--
Jun02--
Jun032018Pose premiered
Jun04--
Jun05--
Jun061944Normandy landings
Jun072004Once by NightWish released
Jun08--
Jun09--
Jun10--
Jun111993Jurassic Park premiered
Jun12--
Jun13--
Jun14--
Jun152001Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie
Jun162023PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard released
Jun17--
Jun181985Dare to Be Stupid by Weird Al released
Jun182008Firefox 3.0 released
Jun191865Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in former Confederate states
Jun191966The Ford GT40 takes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place at 24 Hours of Le Mans, defeating the Ferraris
Jun19200499942 Apophis discovered
Jun20--
Jun211985Heart, the Heart album, released
Jun221996Quake 1 released
Jun222000Boku no Natsuyasumi released in Japan
Jun23--
Jun24--
Jun251982John Carpenter's The Thing released
Jun261948The Berlin Airlift began
Jun262015Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court rules in favor of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage
Jun27--
Jun281999Running with Scissors by Weird Al released
Jul01--
Jul022001BitTorrent protocol published
Jul031991Terminator 2: Judgment Day released
Jul031999Stonehenge fires on the asteroid Ulysses 1994XF04
Jul032014Dnd 5e released
Jul041776Independence Day
Jul05--
Jul06--
Jul07--
Jul082023Fissiks tech demo began development
Jul09--
Jul10--
Jul112022James Webb Space Telescope ready for scientific operation
Jul12--
Jul131993Chipotle Mexican Grill founded
Jul152014Mandatory Fun by Weird Al released
Jul161988Akira released in Japan
Jul162010Inception released
Jul172006Mistborn: The Final Empire published
Jul191997The End of Evangelion released in Japan
Jul211969Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo 11 mission become the first humans to walk on the surface of the Moon
Jul212023Barbenheimer released
Jul221991Silicon Graphics Indigo introduced
Jul23--
Jul24--
Jul25--
Jul26--
Jul27--
Jul282061Halley's Comet's next perihelion at time of writing
Jul291991POV-Ray released
Jul302014Meditations on Moloch published
Aug072021Envy by ContraPoints released
Aug201866Legal end of the American Civil War
Aug201986Fore! by Huey Lewis and the News released
Aug212017Great American Eclipse
Aug222001some kinda robot, the first Strong Bad Email, released
Aug23--
Aug24--
Aug252003F-Zero GX
Aug26--
Aug27--
Aug281963MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
Aug291997Skynet becomes self-aware. Anyone not wearing a million SPF sunblock has a real bad day.
Sep??1975Dreamboat Annie, the first album by Heart, released
Sep??1993The September that never ended
Sep022007V8 JavaScript engine released
Sep032020Tenet released
Sep041995Xena: Warrior Princess begins
Sep05--
Sep06--
Sep07--
Sep081992UTF-8 proposed
Sep09--
Sep10--
Sep11--
Sep12--
Sep132000Second Impact occurs
Sep141990Painkiller by Judas Priest released
Sep142004The Sims 2 relased
Sep151995Hackers released
Sep162014Brawl in the Family begins its 5-part finale
Sep201999Dysfunctional Family Circus #500 (Observed)
Sep241993Myst released for Mac
Sep252001Ico released
Sep261975The Rocky Horror Picture Show released
Sep261983Stanislav Petrov dismisses a false alarm and possibly averts nuclear war between the USA and USSR
Sep262006Straight Outta Lynwood by Weird Al released
Sep291996Nintendo 64 released in North America, with launch title Super Mario 64
Sep301991Darmok, the Star Trek: TNG episode, premieres
Oct01--
Oct02--
Oct032010Wardog Squadron defended Basset Space Center during an SSTO launch
Oct041968Night of the Living Dead released
Oct041985Free Software Foundation founded
Oct041995Neon Genesis Evangelion premiers in Japan
Oct042004Nginx released
Oct092013Nightwish announces Floor Jansen as new singer
Oct102007Team Fortress 2 released
Oct11--
Oct122019Opulence by ContraPoints released
Oct13--
Oct14--
Oct15--
Oct162000Inuyasha, the anime adaptation, premiers in Japan
Oct17--
Oct182005Shadow of the Colossus released
Oct191984Take On Me (the song) released
Oct202006The Prestige released
Oct252001Windows XP generally available
Oct252004Ace Combat 5 released
Oct262000PlayStation 2 released
Oct262009The Bad Apple!! music video is published on Nico Nico
Oct262020PTTH's first commit
Oct281998Trespasser released
Oct291993Forest Enter Exit by Deine Lakaien published (uncited)
Nov041997Streets of SimCity released
Nov05--
Nov06--
Nov072006Guitar Hero II
Nov08--
Nov092004Need For Speed: Underground 2 released
Nov10--
Nov11--
Nov122001Golden Sun released
Nov13--
Nov142010The Hrimfaxi submersible aircraft carrier destroyed by Razgriz Squadron
Nov152001Original XBox released
Nov162004Half-Life 2
Nov172009Left 4 Dead 2 released
Nov181995Ghost in the Shell the film released in Japan
Nov181999Lego Rock Raiders released
Nov182001GameCube released
Nov182002Celestial Entrance by Pagan's Mind released
Nov19--
Nov201996SimCopter released
Nov21--
Nov221999Unreal Tournament
Nov23--
Nov24--
Nov252006Paprika released in Japan
Nov262019First blood at the newly raised 11' 8" + 8" Can Opener
Nov27--
Nov28--
Nov29--
Nov301988Ice Cube's good day (observed)
Dec011984New York becomes the first state to mandate seat belts
Dec021999Quake III Arena released
Dec031992The first text message ever sent
Dec041998STS-88, the first crewed flight to the International Space Station, launched (UTC)
Dec05--
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Dec07--
Dec08--
Dec091906Admiral Grace Hopper born
Dec091968The Mother of All Demos presented by Douglas Engelbart
Dec091979Smallpox eradicated via vaccine
Dec101993Doom released for MS-DOS
Dec101997Toyota Prius on sale in Japan
Dec101999Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip released
Dec112015The Tail End published
Dec12--
Dec13--
Dec142010Braid released for Linux
Dec15--
Dec16--
Dec171903The Wright Flyer makes the first powered and controlled heavier-than-air flight, near Kitty Hawk
Dec182001Final Fantasy X released
Dec192001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring released
Dec192010The Arkbird was destroyed by Razgriz Squadron
Dec20--
Dec21--
Dec22--
Dec232020Tokio 1.0 released
Dec24--
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Dec26--
Dec27--
Dec282005Inhuman Rampage by DragonForce released
Dec29--
Dec30--
Dec311995Calvin and Hobbes ends its 10-year run
Dec312010SOLG destroyed by Razgriz Squadron

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