The Brookston Almanac

Picnic Day (Australia)
Bahamas Emancipation Day
Civic Holiday (Canada)
Colorado Day
Nut Monday
Grenada Emancipation Day
Jamaica Independence Day
August Monday (Antigua and Barbuda)
Shop & Office Workers’ Holiday (Iceland)
Youth Day (Zambia)
Public Holiday (Ireland & Scotland)

Sea Serpent Day
Feast of ‘Aut-Yeb, Personification of Female Joy (Egypt)
St. Dometius the Persian’s Day (patron against sciatica)
Pea Festival
St. Sixtus II and companions’ Day
Smartest Leprechaun Eisteddford (Fairy)
National Underwear Day [ website ]
Feast of the Holy Name
St. Cajetan’s Day
National Raspberries ‘n Cream Day
St. Albert of Trapani’s Day (patron against demonic possession)

Stan Freberg
David Duchovny
John Heathcoat
Rudolf C. Ising
Henri Le Sidaner
Emile Nolde
Lawton Parker
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Louis Hazeltine
Garrison Keillor
Mata Hari
B.J. Thomas
Lana Cantrell
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Alan Page
Don Larsen
Carl Ritter
Nathanael Greene
Alberto Salazar
Nicholas Ray
George Stiernhielm
Ralph Johnson Bunche
Edwin W. Edwards
Steve Kemp
Ralph J. Bunche
Anjanette Comer
David James Wottle
Constantius II
Mike Snyder (1964)
Gary Hall
Louis Leakey
Ernesto Lecuona
Ann Harding
Billie Burke
Wallace

1st Photograph of Earth taken from space (1959)
Telephoto Lens patented
US Marines landed at Guadalcanal (WW 2; 1942)
Revolving Door patented
1st Murder attributed to Jack the Ripper found
Phillip Petit tightrope walked across the Twin Towers in NYC
US Order of the Purple Heart authorized (1782)
Mile 1st run in under 4 minutes
Alley Oop 1st published
1st Beach Blanket movie premiered (1963)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution approved (1964)
Mothers of Inventions’ Billy the Mountain released
Love Canal in upstate New York declared toxic disaster area (1978)
Emilia Newcomb spontaneously combusted walking to a party (1958)
Herman’s Hermit’s I’m Henry VIII, I Am reached No. 1 (1965)
International Peace Bridge between US and Canada dedicated (1927)
Elton John & Kiki Dee’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart reached No. 1 (1976)
Dutch ships bombarded English garrison on Manhattan Island, taking over New York (1673)
Cerveza Tropical opened (Spain; 1939)
San Diego Brewing opened (California; 1993)
Cascade Microbrewery & Public Firehouse opened (Oregon; 1995)
Power House Restaurant and Brewery opened (Washington; 1995)
Tenmaya Beer opened (Japan; 1997)