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HTML

<table>
	<tr>
		<th>Date 1</th>
		<th>Date 2</th>
		<th>Date 3</th>
		<th>Date 4</th>
		<th>Date 5</th>
		<th>Date 6</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Name 1</td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Name 2</td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Name 3</td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
		<td><a href="#" class="assign">Assign Task</a></td>
	</tr>
</table>


<p class="result"></p>

CSS

table { border-collapse: collapse; }
	table td, table th{ padding:5px; border:3px solid #fff;}
	table  tr:nth-child(odd) { background-color:#eee; }
	table tr:nth-child(even) { background-color:#ccc; }
	

	table th { font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;  }
	table td { font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px; }

table td a { display:inline-block; padding:5px 10px; margin:5px; background:#fff; color:red;  }

JavaScript

$('.assign').on("click", function(e){
   		e.preventDefault();

   		var $idx = $(this).parent().index(); // get the index
   		var $th = $('table th'); // table heading
   		var $date = $th.eq($idx).text();  // get the date by the index
   		var $resource = $(this).parents('tr').find("td:first-child").text(); // find the first td in the tr for the resource name.

   		// append the date and resource to a paragraph tag.
   		$('.result').text("Date : " + $date + " : " + $resource);
   });