The Brookston Almanac

Teacher “Thank You” Week
America the Beautiful Week
National Bathroom Reading Week
Kitchenerring Week
National Fragrance Week
International Volunteers Week
National Fishing Week
Brain Tumor Awareness Week
National Boat Safety Week

Whitsunday
Pentecost
Fete des Marins begins (France)

Teacher’s Day (Massachusetts)
International Mother’s Peace Day
Day of the Rice God (Japan)
Gioco Del Ponte (Battle of the Bridge; Italy)

Cheese Day
Feast Day
Emancipation Day (Tonga)
Labour Day (Bahamas)
Tomato Festival
Swing Day
National Cognac Day
Old Maid’s Day
Flag Day (Finland)
Turk Fiesta (Berga, Spain)
St. Quirinus’ Day (patron against earaches, gout, hemorrhoids)
Festival of the Sticky Penis (Queens, NY)
St. Petrock’s Day
National Frozen Yogurt Day
St. Optatus’ Day
Kudpid Danie & Musk Festival (Finland)

Socrates
Aesop
Diego Velazquez
Callicrates
George III
Tanya Beyer (Pb 2/92)
Bruce Dern
Stacey Leigh Arthur (Pb 1/91)
Rosalind Russell
Stephen Foster
Xavier McDaniel
Noah Wyle
Heinrich Wieland
Bettina Gregory
Francios Quesnay
Gordon Waller
Andrea Jaeger
John Barrymore Jr.
Scott Wolf
Freddie Fender
Michelle Phillips
Gene Barry
Andrea Jaeger
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Robert Merrill
Dennis Weaver
Parker Stevenson
El Debarge
Danny Brown
Howard Metzenbaum

Kublai became Khan of Mongols
1st Aircraft Carrier built
Capitol Recorded established
Seven Year Itch premiered
Grocery Cart introduced (1937)
Rome liberated by Allied Forces (WW2; 1944)
1st Rattlesnake seen
Roquefort Cheese developed
Casanova died (1798)
Last Great Auk discovered (1844)
1st Trooping of the Colour (UK; 1805)
Beatles’ 1st World Tour began
Prince Leopold became 1st King of Belgium (1831)
1st US Factory opened
Monkees won an emmy for comedy series (1967)
Juan Peron elected President of Argentina (1946)
Henry Ford made his 1st workable car (1896)
Tienamen Square Massacre (China; 1989)
Mt. Palomar telescope dedicated (1948)
Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh married (1951)
Greyhound Bus Company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy (1990)
Radiation leak aboard K-19 Soviet submarine killed 22 in the North Atlantic (1961)
General Eisenhower postponed the Normandy invasion until June 6th (WW2; 1944)
Jack Jovett’s Ride (rode 45 miles to warn Tom Jefferson that the British were coming; 1781)
Stars and Stripes dropped Doonesbury for being too controversial, but protest letters forced its reinstatement days later (1973)
Never-to-be-repeated Nickel Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occured, as unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with the score tied 5-5 in the 9th inning (1974)
Thunder Ridge Brewing opened (Colorado; 1998)