Upcoming events, with all of each day's events under one column of li

I've been racking my brains over this for awhile and can't seem to figure it out, so any help would be appreciated.

So I'm trying to list three columns using ul & li to display upcoming events. What I'm trying to achieve is to list all the events that take place on the same day under that day's event li - however each event is treated as a separate li item with the code I have at the moment.

So if on Dec. 30 there are two events, I need both events to show up under one display:block for [Dec 30] and not as it's on separate list item as it is now.

To better explain I've attached three snap-shots, with titles named according to what I have, what I need to merge and what I need to achieve.

The attached files are named:

• What my code produces.
• Need to merge these into one (note that both Dec 30 list items are highlighted).
• What I am Trying to achieve.

Here's my code I'm using.

<?php if ($home_pageRecord['show_events'] == '1'): ?>
<!-- begin calendar -->
    <?php 
$monthNames = Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); 
if (!isset($_REQUEST["month"])) $_REQUEST["month"] = date("n"); 
if (!isset($_REQUEST["year"])) $_REQUEST["year"] = date("Y"); 
 
$cMonth = $_REQUEST["month"]; 
$cYear = $_REQUEST["year"]; 
 
$prev_year = $cYear; 
$next_year = $cYear; 
 
$prev_month = $cMonth-1; 
$next_month = $cMonth+1; 
 
if ($prev_month == 0 ) { 
$prev_month = 12; 
$prev_year = $cYear - 1; 
} 
if ($next_month == 13 ) { 
$next_month = 1; 
$next_year = $cYear + 1; 
} 
 
// load records
  list($eventsRecords, $eventsMetaData) = getRecords(array(
// 'tableName'   => 'events',
// 'where' => 'Date > NOW()',
// 'where' => 'Date < NOW()', showes past events
//  'perPage'     => '8',
// 'orderBy'     => 'date',
'tableName'   => 'events',
    'limit'       => '3',
'allowSearch'   =>   false,
'where' => 'date > NOW()',
'orderBy'     => 'date ASC', 
  ));

// get event records for the selected month 
//list($eventsRecords, $eventsMetaData) = getRecords(array( 
//  'tableName' => 'events', 
//  'where'     => mysql_escapef('MONTH(date) = ? AND YEAR(date) = ?', $cMonth, $cYear), 
//  'orderBy'     => 'date',
//)); 

// organize events into an array indexed by 'day', each element being a list of events on that day 
$eventsByDay = array(); 
foreach ($eventsRecords as $event) {  
  $day = intval(date('d', strtotime($event['date'])));
  if (!array_key_exists($day, $eventsByDay)) { $eventsByDay[$day] = array(); } 
  $eventsByDay[$day][] = $event; 
}
 
?>

<?php $lastDate = ""; ?> 

<div id="upcoming-events-activities">
<h3 style="float:left; margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:12px; padding-left:0px;"><a href="events_list.php" title="Upcoming Events &amp; Activites in <?php echo $business_contact_detailsRecord['organization_name'] ?>">Upcoming Events &amp; Activites<img src="images/design-elements/ipage-icons-calendar.png" width="24" height="24" class="inpage-icons-calendar" alt="Upcoming Events &amp; Activites in <?php echo $business_contact_detailsRecord['organization_name'] ?>"/></a></h3>
<div class="clear-both"></div>

<ul class="upcoming-event-activity" style="margin-left:0px; padding-left:0px;">

<?php foreach($eventsRecords as $record): 
$showDate = false; 
//$formatted_date = date("l, M jS Y", strtotime($record['date']));  // Add a ,Y to display the year as well. Change M to F for full month's name
$formatted_date = date("M d", strtotime($record['date']));  // Add a ,Y to display the year as well. Change M to F for full month's name
if ($formatted_date != $lastDate): 
$lastDate = $formatted_date; 
$showDate = true; 
endif; ?>

<li class="upcoming-event-activity" style="margin-left:0px; padding-left:0px;">
<h4><?php echo $formatted_date; ?></h4>
<?php /*?><?php echo date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a", strtotime($record['date'])) ?><?php */?> 
<h5 style="font-weight:400; padding-top:16px;"><a href="<?php echo $record['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $record['title'] ?></a></h5>
<!-- /upcoming-event-activity --></li> 
       
<?php endforeach ?>
<!-- /upcoming-event-activity --></ul>
<div class="clear-both"></div>
<!-- /upcoming-events-activities --></div>  
<?php endif ?>

Thanks, Zick