The Brookston Almanac

Laugh At Religion Day
Victory Day (Allbutru)
National Polka Festival
Feast of the Milky Way (China)
Singapore Independence Day
Goddess Month of Hesperis begins
Sanus (Libya)
Jesse Owens Day
St. Matthais’ Day (Greek)
Popcorn Festival
Cranham Feast (Gloucestershire, UK)
Goblin Ugly Contest (Fairy)
National Rice Pudding Day
St. Emygdius’ Day (patron against earthquakes)

Gillian Anderson
Betty Boop
Izaak Walton
Tove Jansson
Rod Laver
David Steinberg
Bob Cousy
William Morton
Brett Hull
Sam Elliot
Charles Fort
Jimmy Dean
Melanie Griffith
Cheng Cheng Kung (Koxinga)
Nikki Schieler (Pb 9/97)
Burleigh Grimes
Ralph Houk
Leonide Massine
Harry Mills
Jean Piaget
Robert Shaw
Amedeo Avogadro
David Steinberg
Marvin Minsky
Herman Talmadge
Ralph Wyckoff
Elisha Ferry
William A. Fowler
Dianne Danford (Pb 11/61)
Mary Joe Fernandez
Curtis Blow
J. James Exon
Whitney Houston
Deion Sanders

Gold discovered in Australia
Berlioz’ Beatrice & Benedict premiered
From Russia With Love premiered
Tate Murders by Charles Manson’s followers (1969)
Pinta’s rudder replaced
1st Creaseproof Fabric made
Electric Washing Machine patented
1st Televised Tennis Match played
Jonas Bronck settled in the Bronx (1638)
Ft. William Henry surrendered (1757)
1st Air Raid
Jerry Garcia died (1995)
Trumpet god Bill Chase killed in plane crash
Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at Berlin Olympics (1936)
Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan (1945)
Richard M. Nixon resigned as US President (1974)
1st Indian Reservation designated (New Jersey; 1758)
Donald Duck made his debut in Disney’s Wise Little Hen (1934)
Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed, fixing US-Canadian border (1842)
Bee Gees’ Jive Talkin’ reached No. 1 (1975)
1st time every Major League Baseball game was played at night (1946)
G. Heileman Brewing closed (Wisconsin; 1999)
Slopeside Brewing opened (Illinois; 1995)