The Brookston Almanac

Festival of the Little Hills (Missouri)
Holzfest (Amana, Iowa)
Ginza Holiday (Japanese Culture Festival; Chicago)

Natural Chimneys Jousting Tournament (Virginia)
Hopi Snake Dance (every other year)

Potato Day
Festival of Random Access Memory
The Rustic Vnalia (Old Roman Goddess Venus; Festival of Ripening Grape)
National Aviation Day
Buhe (Ethiopia)
Levi’s Ride & Tie Race
Afghanistan Independence Day
National Soft Ice Cream Day
St. Sebald’s Day (patron against freezing; aka Sebaldus)
Edinburgh International Festival begins (@)
Candlelight Vigil For Homeless Animals Day
St. John Eudes’ Day

Ogden Nash
George Bellows
John Dryden
Seth Thomas
Bradley Walker Tomlin
Georges Enesco
Jonathan Frakkes
Diana Muldaur
Gene Roddenberry
John Flamsteed
Iaigo Lopez
Orville Wright
William Riker (2335)
Ginger Baker
Sammi Cheng
Coco Chanel
Jill St. John
Lillian Muller (Pb 8/75)
Bill Clinton
Arthur Waley
Debra Paget
Willie Shoemaker
Alfred Lunt
Edith Nesbit
Courtney Gibbs
Renee Richards
Gabrielle Chanel
Harry Mills
Bernard Baruch
Thurston Morton
Morten Anderson
Ronald Darling
Claude Dauphin
Billy J. Kramer
Minna Canth
Cindy Nelson
Manuel Quezon
John Stamos
Frank Telfer
Malcolm Forbes
James Gould Cozzens
David Durenberger
Sue Barker
Johnny Nash
Ron Darling
Snuffleupagus (Sesame Street)

Gail Borden patented condensed milk (1856)
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test published
Battle of Bluelicks
5 Witches burned in Salem (1692)
Dial Telephone patented (1896)
Little Red Songbook 1st published (1909)
Battle of Ascalon (1st Crusade; 1099)
1st Roman Emperor, Augustus, died (14 CE)
Charlie’s Angels cancelled (1981)
Battle of Blue Licks began (1777)
Amos ‘n’ Andy debuted on radio (1929)
USSR sentenced U2 pilot Gary Powers to 10 years (1960)
Poland became 1st Eastern European country to end one-party rule (1989)
Federico Garcia Lorca assassinated by Spanish Falangists (1936)
Daughters of the American Revolution (”DAR”) established
Coup de Etat removed Gorbachev from power in USSR (1991)
Longest cab ride began (13,670 miles; until Oct. 27, 1988)
Debbie Reynolds’ Tammy reached No. 1 (1957)
Worker revolt in New Smyrna, Florida (1768)
Alec Baldwin & Kim Bassinger married (1993)
Sherlock Holmes’ Adventure of the Norwood Builder began (1895)
USS Constitution sank the HMS Guerriere in less than half an hour (1812)
In Geman Plebiscite, 89.9% voted to make Chancellor Adolf Hitler President as well (1934)
Miss Universe ordered to lose 27 lbs., or lose her crown (1996)
Saddam Hussein offered to release Western hostages in exchange for US withdrawal from middle east and an end to the blockade (1990)
A black bear stole beer from a campsite and drank 36 cans of Rainier beer before passing out (Washington; 2004)
Tyne Brewery opened (England; 1749)
Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei opened (Germany; 1893)
Shaftebury Brewing opened (Canada; 1987)