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Holidays and anniversaries, national and international traditions for 2025-2026 year

February 2025

Tuesday 11 February - Safer Internet Day

Sunday 16 February - 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago)

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Thursday 12 June - Computer Day in Peru (Día del Informático or Fiesta de los informáticos)

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July 2025

Tuesday 15 July - 2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world

Friday 25 July - System Administrator Appreciation Day

Saturday 26 July - In 2017 the Breakthrough Starshot initiative announces that it has developed and launched the world's smallest spacecraft, precursors of "StarChip", known as "Sprites", measuring just 3.5 cm and weighing only four grams, but containing solar panels, computers, sensors, and radios; Researchers discover that stem cells in the brain's hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body

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August 2025

Monday 4 August - In 2016 a team at the University of Oxford achieves a quantum logic gate with record-breaking 99.9% precision, reaching the benchmark required to build a quantum computer

Sunday 10 August - In 2017 researchers at Brown University report the transmission of data through a terahertz multiplexer at 50 gigabits per second, which could lead to a new generation of ultra-fast Wi-Fi

Friday 22 August - International Booktuber's Day

Saturday 23 August - International Internaut Day or Internet User Day

Friday 29 August - World Video Game Day or Gamer's Day

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September 2025

Tuesday 9 September - Tester’s Day

Friday 12 September - Video Games Day (The Nimrod was a computer built and displayed at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and designed to play a game called Nim)

Saturday 13 September - Programmer's Day in El Salvador (Día del programador)

Monday 22 September - OneWebDay; Digital Week Dortmund

Wednesday 24 September - World Day Against Software Patents (Brussels, 2nd September 2008 — A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the “World Day Against Software Patents”); Systems Analyst Day

Saturday 27 September - Internet Safety Day in Ohio

Sunday 28 September - International Day for Universal Access to Information (Universal access to information means that everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart information. This right is an integral part of the right to freedom of expression)

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October 2025

Sunday 5 October - Computer Science Day in El Salvador (Día del informático)

Wednesday 15 October - Ada Lovelace Day (was created to celebrate one of the first computer programmers)

Friday 17 October - Digital Society Day in India; Spreadsheet Day; In 2016 a team at Australia's University of New South Wales create a new quantum bit that remains in a stable superposition for 10 times longer than previously achieved; In 2017 Qualcomm announces the first 5G mobile connection, which has a connection speed of 1 Gbit/s

Saturday 18 October - In 2017 Alphabet announces an improved version of the AlphaGo artificial intelligence, developed by its subsidiary Google DeepMind

Monday 20 October - Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day (Held on the third Monday in October)

Wednesday 22 October - International Caps Lock Day

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