I can't possibly fit them into the plot where was my second driveway.
I will give them away on Arbor Day!
I can't remember what day that was, so I look it up on the Internet. I find this page which suggests I should look for "holidays" as well as "observance"; I find this page which suggests that different states have different days/weeks and potentially the same applies for some other observances, excepting Anzac Day which is unique to Australia and New Zealand (April 25th).
Now a similar situation exists in Newfoundland, which tries to ignore Canada day (July 1st) because we are still mourning Beaumont-Hamel "Of the 780 men who went forward ... only 68 were available for roll call the following day".
I have failed to find a comprehensive list using Google searches such as "nations days observance holidays" w/o quotes, or "international days observance holidays" w/o quotes.
I am saddened that I failed to observe "international Literacy Day yesterday, spending far too much time sitting under a shady tree reading a book of Newfoundland narratives.
I shied away from "World Coconut Day" just a week ago, but then I don't like coconuts.
I will unwrap a new policy of observance on Sunday Sep 13, 2020 (International
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A data array to hold every town(1), city, state (Aus), province (Can), departments (France) and so on, for every nation in the world, broken down by day/week/month would be enormous, including "Treat your secretary to a Boston Cream Doghnut" day which is probably in effect right now somewhere in Oklahoma.
But that's what computers are good for, right?
Storing vast amounts of data and filtering out results with search boxes and drop-down lists.
Also parsing the various formats and layouts of web pages.
Also dealing with synonyms (doughnut/donut)
This could be my killer-project this coming winter (Celebrated in Newfoundland from September 18th through Jne 23rd). Accumulate reams of data and produce a drillable-down (or a down-drillable) spreadsheet or similar.
Such a beast would require team-editing, so my thoughts fled (flew?) to "Wiki" and I found Wiki-calendar but that site appears not to be a team effort to produce and maintain filterable event calendars.
Suggestions are welcomed.
Especially from such an internationally (by birth or by residence) crowd as we have in Eileen's Lounge.
Cheers
Chris
(1) As most of you know, the only settlement within cycling distance of me is Elliston, Root-cellar capital of the world. I bet they don't celebrate a special day (would they sit around eating a vegetable stew of last year's carrots, turnips, rutabagas and potaoes, or just send someone down to Marsh's in Bonavista for pizza and chips?)
Appendix:
https://www.un.org/en/sections/observan ... days/#July
https://internationaleventday.com/event ... days-2020/
https://observances.global/2020-dates/
https://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/i ... ional/2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_m ... erminology