The Brookston Almanac

Victoria Day (Canada)

Bonfire Night (fka Empire Day; Scotland)

Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day
Night of the Tree of Extremity (Islam)
St. Julia’s Day (patron of Corsica, Portugal)
Ragnar Lodbrok (Viking)
Sovereignity and Thanksgiving Day (Haiti)
National Maritime Day
Chelsea Flower Show (UK @)
National Vanilla Pudding Day
St. Rita of Cascia’s Day (patron of desperate cases; against bleeding, infertility, loneliness, tumors, unhappy marriages)
Yemen National Holiday
Toad-Pinching (Pixies)
La Abogada de Impossibles (St. Rita of Cascia’s Day; patron of desperate cases)

Mary Casatt
Arthur Conan Doyle
Johann Sebastian Bach
Richard Wagner
Jean Tinguely
Vance Packard
Willem Einthoven
Hubert Ross
Al Simmons
Laurence Oliver
Sam Calgione (1969)
Paul Winfield
Sun Ra
Bernie Taupin
Susan Strasberg
Krishnamurti
Frank Converse
Annabel Chong
Hua To
Morrissey
George Baker
Heinz Holliger
Michael Constantine
Charles Aznavour
Satyajat Ray
Michael Sarrazin
Gerard de Nerval
Judith Christ
Robert G. Sproul
Tommy John
Naomi Campbell
Richard Benjamin
Harvey Milk
Dana Williams
Albrecht Grafe
Jesse Valenzuela
Laura Young (Pb 10/62)
Johnny Gill
Peter Nero

Associated Press established
Rattlesnake 1st sold in cans
Ceylon became Sri Lanka (1972)
Beatles’ Ticket To Ride reached No. 1 (1965)
Orient Express made its last run (1977)
Johnny Carson’s last night hosting the Tonight Show (1992)
1st large-scale migration to Oregon began from Independence, Missouri (1843)
Richard Nixon became 1st US President to visit USSR (1972)
Wright Brothers patented the aircraft (1908)
Bruce Springsteen recorded his 1st album (1966)
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve played the Supper Club, New York City (1996)
Constantine became 1st Roman Emperor to be baptized into christianity (337)
1st Battle in War of the Roses began at St. Albans (1455)
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe found guilty of murdering 13 women (1981)
San Juan Brewing Co. opened Front Street Ale House (1993; Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington)
Americans 1st walk on Mars (1962; according to a character in the film Slackers)
On the Floor of the US Senate, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats with his cane Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a strong opponent of slavery (1856)
Saudia Arabia threatened to cut off diplomatic relations with UK for showing a documentary film, Death of a Princess, about the execution of a Saudi princess convicted of adultery. The Saudi government said if they didn’t get their way, they’d take their oil and go home.
Massachusetts Bay Colony repealed all its restrictions on the production of alcohol (1619)
F.X. Matt Brewing issued their Schultz and Dooley beer steins (1959)
RateBeer.com 1st online (2000)
Oriental Brewing opened (South Korea; 1952)
Steamship Brewing opened (Virginia; 1995)
Strand Brewing opened (Texas; 1995)
John Harvard’s Brew House opened (Georgia; 1996)
Brick House Brewpub & Eatery opened (1999)