The Brookston Almanac

American Beer Month
Hay Month
Anti-Boredom Month
Hitchhiking Month
National Baked Bean Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Blueberries Month
National Purposeful Parenting Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Tennis Month
Tahiti Awareness Month

3rd Day of bright 1/2 of Shravna, 5th Hindu month (@ July/Aug): Teej
5th Day of bright 1/2 of Shravna, 5th Hindu month (@ July/Aug): Naga Panchami
14th Day of dark 1/2 of Shravana, 5th Hindu month (@ July/Aug): Ghantakaran (Nepal)
Night of 27th Day of Rajab, 7th Islamic month: Lailat al-Miraj
9th Day of Av, 11th Jewish month (not including intercalary month): Tisha be-Av
Early July: Pilgrimage of Saut d’Eau (Haiti)
Sometime in July: Tour de France (France)
Near the 24th: Pioneer Day (Utah)
Late July: Spinning Wheels Day (Warminster, Pennsylvania)
Last 2 Weeks in July: Straznice Folk Festival (Czechoslovakia)

Canada Day (fka Dominion Day; Canada)
Half-Year Day (Hong Kong)
Feast of Cranks
American Stamp Day
Heroes Day (Zambia)
Caribbean Day
Early Bird Day
Freedom Festival
Mt. Fuji Day (Japan)
Build A Scarecrow Day
Unlucky Day (Astronomy)
Rwanda Independence Day
Devotion to Duty Day
Creative Ice Ceam Flavor Day
r Republic Day (Ghana)
Burundi Independence Day
La Fiesta de Burro (Donkeyfest)
National Gingersnap Day
St. Serf’s Day (patron of Orkneys)
Feast of the Most Precious Blood
Banker’s Day (Guatemala)
Pilgrimage to Shrine of St. Oliver Plunkett (Ireland)
Distressed Elves’ Day (Fairy)
Birthday of Wei T’o (China)
Wild-Ass Hunters Associations Conference of I.G.’s
St. Cosmas and Damian’s Day (Eastern)
Biggest All Night Gospel Singing in the World

Olivia de Haviland
Christoph Gluck
Willie Dixon
Gottfried Leibniz
Willard Metcalf
Ilya Bolotowsky
Diana Spencer
William Wyler
Jean March
Popeye (1929)
Allan Pinkerton
Charles Laughton
Debbie Harry
Chris White (1968)
Pamela Anderson (Pb 2/90)
Cecil Rhodes
Dan Aykroyd
George Sand
James M. Cain
Sydney Pollack
Hans Werner Henze
Leslie Caron
Carl Lewis
Estee Lauder
Louis Bleriot
Thomas Clemson
Jean Marsh
Ron Glass
Walter White
Jean-Vivtor Poncelet
Karen Black
Twyla Tharp
Rini Templeton
Thomas Dorsey
Jamie Farr
Genevieve Bujold
Tony Bennett
Roger Connor
Constance Ford
Farley Granger
Sally Quinn
Ron Silver
David Wayne
Evelyn “Champagne” King
Lorna Patterson

Coca-Cola debuted it distinctive bottle (1916)
Dominion of Canada founded (1867)
1st TV Commercial (for a Bulova clock; 1941)
Battle of Gettysburg began (1863)
Darwin presented his Theory of Evolution (1858)
1st Daily Newspaper published
Battle of Somme began (1916)
Medicare established
1st Juvenile Court opened
Court TV debuted (1991)
About Last Night premiered
Explorer I launched (1958)
Voting age lowered to 18 in US
1st Community Bomb Shelter built
Bird Protection Agency established
1st Fuly Automated Bread Plant built
US Postage stamps 1st authorized (1847)
Ms. Magazine 1st published (1972)
1st School of Homeopathy opened (1843)
Quakers 1st arrived in US (1656)
1st Income Tax Law signed (1862)
Mary Reeser of St. Petersburg, Florida spontaneously combusted (1951)
Rube Goldberg’s Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts began (1914)
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan joined to become the 1st Canadian Provinces (1867)
1st recorded kidnapping took place
Nostradamus died (1566)
1st Adhesive Postage Stamps issued (1847)
United Motors (Buick-Maxwell-Briscoe) formed (1908)
Bureau of Entomology formed (1904)
US entered Korean War (1950)
Popeye comic strip 1st published (1929)
Russian Ruble becmae convertible with world currencies (1992)
1st US Zoo opened (Philadelphia; 1874)
Algerian War ended (1962)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom became the 1st PG-13 rated film (1984)
Royal College of Surgeons founded (Edinburgh, Scotland; 1505)
999 Emergency Phone Number activated in UK (1937)
Charles officially became Prince of Wales (1969)
Amish Experience F/X Theatre opened (Lancaster, Pennsylvania; 1995)
Prince Edward Island became a Canadian Province (1873)
Up Front comic strip featuring Willie and Joe ended (1945)
1st Transcontinental African Railroad opened (1931)
Merrimack County, New Hampshire founded (home of Concord; 1823)
Trial Run of money drop made (1995; in Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown 1997)
Psycho walked into San Francisco law office at 101 California with semi-automatic weapons and opened fire, killing 8 and wounding 6; victims’ families then sued the gun manufacturer (1993)
Federal Beer Tax of $1 per barrel went into effect to help finance Civil War (1863)
Amsdell Brewing & Malting Co. incorporated (1897)
Wooden Shoe Beer 1st for sale (Minster, Ohio; 1903)
Flamingo Brewing’s beer 1st for sale (Miami, Florida; 1933)
Employees of Centlivre Brewing of Fort Wayne, Indiana, purchased the brewery, becoming the 1st employee-owned brewery in U.S. (1961)
Mississippi finally legalized brewpubs (1998)

Weyland Brewing (1885)
Washington Brewing (Washingon; 1899)
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing (Wisconsin; 1967)
Als Harboe Brewery (Estonia; 1975)
St. Stan’s Brewery (California; 1984)
Cornelius Pass Roadhouse & Brewery (Oregon; 1986)
Golden Lion Brewing (Canada; 1986)
Lighthouse Brew-Pub (Oregon; 1986)
Weeping Radish Restaurant & Brewery (North Carolina; 1986)
Gritty McDuff’s (Maine; 198)
Southern California Brewing (California; 1988)
Weinkellar Brewery (Illinois; 1988)
Old Marlborough Brewing (Massachusetts; 1989)
Dakota Brewing (North Dakota; 1990)
Latchi’s Grille & Windham Brewery (Vermont; 1991)
McGuire’s Irish Pub & Brewery (Florida; 1991)
Flying Dog Brewpub (Colorado; 1992)
Empire City Brewing (Oregon; 1993)
Live Soup Brewery & Cafe (California; 1993)
Pacific Brewing (California; 1993)
Reverosa Co. (New York; 1993)
Atlatna Brewing (Georgia; 1994)
Blind Pig Brewing (California; 1994)
Boar’s Head Pub & Brewery (Texas; 1994)
Emerald Isle Brew Works (Rhode Island; 1994)
Oaken Barrel Brewing (Indiana; 1994)
Old West Brewery (New Mexico; 1994)
Smuttynose Brewing (New Hampshire; 1994)
Bosque Brewing (Texas; 1995)
Boyne River Brewing (Michigan; 1995)
Brewery on Martha’s Vineyard (Massachusetts; 1995)
Carolina Brewing (North Carolina; 1995)
Cooperstown Brewing (New York; 1995)
Remington Watson Smith Brewing (Wisconsin; 1995)
Black Robin Brewery (New Zealand; 1996)
Blue Mountain Brewing (Oregon; 1996)
Blue Star Brewing (Texas; 1996)
Brasserie Sainte Colombe (France; 1996)
Denali Brewing (Alaska; 1996)
Flying Goose Brewpub (New Hampshire; 1996)
Highland Fling Brewpub (New York; 1996)
Jeremiah’s Foghead Brewery (Tennessee; 1996)
Les Brasseurs de la Capitale (Canada; 1996)
Moode’s Tooth (Alaska; 1996)
Oak Pond Brewing (Maine; 1996)
Oh! La! Ho! Beer Club (Japan; 1996)
Spiker Ales (Nebraska; 1996)
Typhoon Brewing (New York; 1996)
Yosemite Brewing (California; 1996)
Beer Sunshine (Japan; 1997)
Brewzzi Brewing (Florida; 1997)
Diversified Brewing (California; 1997)
Elliot Bay Brewery & Pub (Washington; 1997)
Hyannisport Brewing (Massachusetts; 1997)
Home City Brewing (Ohio; 1997)
Joshua Huddy’s Brewery (New Jersey; 1997)
Killian Bayer Brewing (Florida; 1997)
Offshore Ale Co. (Massachusetts; 1997)
Prairie Brewing (Wisconsin; 1997)
Quay Street Brewery (Michigan; 1997)
Steelhead Brewing Fisherman’s Wharf (California; 1997)
VBC Bottling & Cooperage (Virginia; 1997)
Yo-Ho Brewing (Japan; 1997)
Brasserie Freedom et Firkin (France; 1998)
Hudson Valley Brewing (New York; 1998)
Osset Brewing (England; 1998)
Rochester Mills Brewing (Michigan; 1998)
Sliverado Brewing (California; 2000)
Brauhaus Kuhler Krug (Germany; 2001)
Illinois Brewing (Illinois; 2001)