http://www.brookston.org/almanac Celebrate Today, Every Day Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:26:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Leap Year Day St. Tib's Day (every 4 years; Discordian) Dark Day Maha Siurratri (Hindu) Bachelor's Day St. Oswald of Worcester's Day Holmenkollen (Ski Tournament; Norway) National Surf and Turf Day http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=940 Gioacchino Rossini Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri "Balthus" de Rola Howard Nemerov Bob Denver Monica Keena George Raft Jimmy Dorsey Anne Lee John Holland Carl Banks William Wellman Jack Lousma Alex Rocco Bryce Paup John Philip Holland Edward Cave Karl Ernst Von Baler James Mitchell Louis Montcalm Michelle Morgan John "Pepper" Martin Ranchhodji Morarji Desai Joss Ackland Paul III http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=941 Playboy Club opened (Chicago; 1960) Translated Classic (into English) 1st published John Lennon's Visa expired Deefield Massacre Helium 1st liquified (1908) St. Gotthard Tunnel completed (1880) Bishop Desmond Tutu arrested for demonstrating in South Africa (1988) http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=942 Saturday Market Day (Oregon) http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1073 Grass Month Autism Awareness Month (California) Pets Are Wonderful Month Uh-huh Month Cancer Control Month Child Abuse Prevention Month Freedom Shrine Month International Guitar Month Keep America Beautiful Month Listening Awareness Month Mathematics Education Month National Anxiety Month National Garden Month National Home Improvement Month National Humor Month National Occupational Therapy Month National Welding Month Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month Sports Eye Safety Month Boscov's Did-You-Boscov-Today Month Philatelic Societies ... http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1054 Full Moon Day of 6th Buddhist month (@ Apr/May); Vesak Sun enters Aries; Solar New Year (Southeast Asia), aka Thingyan (Burma), aka Songkran (Thailand) 10th through 15th Day of 2nd lunar month; Paro Tsechu (Bhutan) During planting season (@ Apr/May); Tyi Wara (Mali) Early April to late July (every 4 years); Summer Olympics begin Late ... http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1055 April Fool's Day Intolerance Day Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman Women's Festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men) Loki's Day (Norse) Festival of Positive Threats Islamic Republic Day (Iran) EOKA Day (Greece) San Marino National Day One Cent Day All Fools' Day Festival of Irritating Jokes and Childish Japes Tater Days begin (Kentucky) St. Melito's Day Hebrew University Day Aspen/Snowmass Banana Season begins St. Lasarus' ... http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1070 Edmond Rostrand Sergei Rachmaninoff John Morton Otto Von Bismark Edwin Abbey Sung Hi Lee [ website ] William Harvey Jimmy Cliff Scott Joplin Annette O'Toole John Ford Clara Hale Milan Kundera Shanna McCullough Wallace Beery Lon Chaney Gordon Jump Toshire Mifune Annette O'Toole Jane Powell Phil Niekro Ali McGraw Gil Scott-Heron Libby Riddles Debbie Reynolds William Manchester Ronnie Lane Don Hastings Jane Adams Clara McBride Hale Rusty Staub Eddie Duchin Rudolph Isley Billy Curie Magdelena Maleeva George Grizzard Kevin Duckworth Jim Ed Brown Bow Howdy http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1071 Great Cheese Scandal (UK) Berlin Airlift began (1948) Daredevil #1 published 1st Weather satellite sent into orbit (1960) US Air Force Academy founded (1954) 1st City College founded Cheaper By the Dozen premiered Automatic Record Changer invented Ford's assmbly line began rolling (1913) How the West Was Won premiered Battle of Okinawa began (WW 2; 1945) Adventures of Superman debuted Netscape established ... http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1072 Als Aldaris / Pripps & Hartwell opened (Latvia; 1865) Genessee Brewing opened (New York; 1933) Frog & Parrot brewery opened (England; 1982) Granite Brewery opened (Nova Scotia, Canada; 1985) Horseshoe Bay Brewing opened (British Columbia, Canada; 1988) Old City Brewing opened (Texas; 1988) Rochester Brewpub opened (New York; 1988) Dilworth Brewing opened (North Carolina; 1989) Frankton Bagby Brewery ... http://www.brookston.org/almanac/?p=1060