The Brookston Almanac

Feis Ceoil begins (Irish Music Festival)

Daisy Day (Children’s Hospital)
World Red Cross Day
Furry Day (aka Furry Dance; UK)
No Socks Day
Stork Day (Denmark)
V.E. Day (aka Armistice Day)
Birthday of Lord Buddha (Hong Kong)
St. John’s Day (Eastern)
Dog-Prodding (Gremlins)
Archangel Michael’s Day (aka Furry Day)
St. Wiro’s Day (patron of Holland)
National Coconut Cream Pie Day
St. Peter of Tarantaise’s Day

Harry S. Truman
Thomas Pynchon
Red Nichols
Gary Snyder
Peter Benchley
Louis Gottschalk
Emil Hansen (1842)
Dave Alexander (1963)
Jean Henri Durant
Oscar Hammerstein
Jamie Summers
Wen Shu Buddha
Nevil Sidgwick
Miguel Hidalgo
David Attenborough
Thomas Hancock
Keith Jarret
Melissa Gilbert
Sloan Wilson
Ricky Nelson
Mary Marcy
Sloan Wilson
Edward Gibbon
Gary Glitter
Theodore Sorenson
John Fred
Billy Burnette
Stephen Furst
Angel Cordero Jr.
Toni Tenille
Philip Bailey
Alex Van Halen
Chris Frantz
Don Rickles
Ronnie Lott
Dan Brouthers
Edd Roush
Mike Cuellar
Sonny Liston
Doug Atkins

Mississippi River discovered (1541)
Battle of Spotsylvania
1st Dog Show held
Beatles’ Let It Be released
Coca-Cola 1st sold (Jacob’s Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia; 1886)
Battle of Coral Sea began (WW2; 1942)
Saluting began
Baseball’s 1st unassisted triple play made
1st Blindfold Chess Match played
US/China Opium Trading Treaty signed
Expression “Home Sweet Home” 1st used
Joan of Arc’s forces vanquished English at Orleans (1429)
1st International Yacht Race (1849)
Mt. Pelee erupted, killing 30,000 (Martinique; 1902)
Last Tasmanian Aborigine died (1976)
Sweden abolished the death penalty (1921)
1st US draft authorized (1792)
Massachusetts adopted a 10-hour work day for women (1874)
Estonia readopted its 1938 Constitution (1990)
Africaans became official language of South Africa (1924)
Explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi (1541)
Mt. Pelee volcano erupted killing 30,000 (Martinique; 1902)
Bill Clinton asked Paula Jones to have sex with her at the Excelsior Hotel (1991)
Gary Hart withdrew from US Presidential race after press uncovered his affair with Donna Rice (1987)
Anheuser-Busch’s “A & Eagle” trademark registered with U.S. Patent Office (1877)
Beer became legal in Florida & Nebraska after Prohibition (1933)
Pabst Brewing brewed its 100 millionth barrel (1958)
Anheuser-Busch’s 1st “born today, served tonight” promotion (2002)
Fukuoka Byuzen Brewery opened (Japan; 1997)