https://github.com/phmullins/geek-holidays
A not so comprehensive list of geek holidays.
https://github.com/phmullins/geek-holidays
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A not so comprehensive list of geek holidays.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/phmullins/geek-holidays
- Owner: phmullins
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-08-23T20:33:27.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-07-09T14:23:22.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-27T09:39:14.848Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: geek-holidays, geeks, mit-license
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- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: license.md
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# Geek Holidays
A not so comprehensive list of Geek Holidays celebrated online.
## January
01/02 - [National Science Fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Fiction_Day) Day and Isaac Asimov's birthday.
01/03 - J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday.
01/08 - Roy Batty's Incept date (Blade Runner) and Stephen Hawking's birthday.
01/12 - HAL 9000 goes online.
01/15 - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day) Day.
01/17 - Ben Franklin's birthday.
01/23 - Wear Your Nerdiest T-Shirt Day.
01/25 - [Apple Computer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh) Day.
01/26 - Dungeons & Dragons Day.
01/28 - [Data Privacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Privacy_Day) Day.
## February
02/08 - Clean Out Your Computer Day.
02/11 - National Inventors Day.
02/14 - Pris' Incept date (Blade Runner).
02/15 - Galileo Galliei's birthday.
02/19 - Nicolaus Copernicus' birthday.
02/27 - Pokemon Day.
## March
03/02 - Raspberry Pi Birthday Jam (Day 1)
03/03 - Raspberry Pi Birthday Jam (Day 2)
03/04 - Game Master's Appreciation Day.
03/11 - [Douglas Adams'](http://www.douglasadams.com/) and James T. Kirk's Birthday.
03/13 - World Wide Web's 31st birthday (2020)
03/14 - Pi Day.
03/23 - Hellboy Day!
03/23 - Wernher von Braun's Birthday.
03/24 - [Ada Lovelace](http://findingada.com/about/) Day.
03/25 - Tolkien Reading Day.
03/30 - Table Top Day.
03/31 - [World Backup](http://www.worldbackupday.com/en/) Day.
## April
04/02 - [Arduino](https://day.arduino.cc/#/) Day #ArduinoD16
04/05 - First Contact Day. If you're a nerd/geek you'll know what this is. #trek
04/09 - [Global Internet of Things](http://iotday.org) (IoT) Day. #iotday
04/11 - [International Tabletop](http://www.tabletopday.com) Day. Break out the D&D books and celebrate! #tabletopday
04/22 - Earth Day
04/23 - World Book Day. #WorldBookDay
04/25 - DNA Day.
04/26 - Alien Day.
04/28 - National Superhero Day.
## May
05/02 - World Password Day.
05/04 - Happy Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you!
05/07 - Free Comic Book Day (First Saturday in May).
05/08 - Mother's Day (the first woman to ever love your geekiness).
05/23 - International Synthesizer Day.
05/25 - [Geek Pride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day) and [Towel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day) Day. Happy Towel Day, froods!
05/31 - International Amiga Day.
## June
06/16 - [Captain Picard](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Picard_Day) Day.
06/19 - Father's Day.
06/25 - [Free RPG](http://www.freerpgday.com/) Day.
06/28 - [Felicia Day's](http://feliciaday.com/) birthday.
## July
07/10 - [Nikola Tesla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla) Day.
07/13 - [Embrace Your Geekness](http://www.geek.com/news/its-embrace-your-geekness-day-1269590/) Day.
07/27 - System Administrator Day and Gary Gygax Day.
07/29 - Wil Wheaton's birthday.
## August
08/16 - Debian Day. #DebianDay
08/19 - [Gene Roddenberry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry) was born on this day in 1921.
08/20 - [H.P. Lovecraft's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft) Birthday.
08/22 - [Ray Bradbury's](http://www.raybradbury.com/) birthday.
## September
09/12 - Programmer's Day (Sep. 12 or 13).
09/19 - [Talk Like A Pirate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day) and Software Freedom Day (Sep. 19).
09/22 - [Hobbit Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit_Day).
09/26 - Batman Day.
## October
10/03. [Techies](http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/techiesday.htm) Day and [Virus Appreciation](http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/virusappreciation.htm) Day.
10/13 - Happy [Ada Lovelace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace) Day! Celebrating the world's first computer programmer. #AdaLovelaceDay
10/31 - Halloween.
## November
11/07 - Marie Curie was born on this day in 1867.
11/23 - TARDIS Day. Celebrating when the very first episode of Doctor Who aired on Nov. 23, 1963.
11/30 - Computer Security Day.
## December
12/05 - Pretend You're a Ninja Day.
12/25 - Grav-Mass Day and Sir Isaac Newton's birthday.
## Author
Created by [Patrick H. Mullins](http://www.pmullins.net). You can find me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/phmullins) and on [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) as @pmullins.
## License
Source is released under the MIT License (MIT) [license](license.md).