The Brookston Almanac

Winter Month
American Magazine Month
Adopt-A-Pet Month
Auto Battery Safety Month
Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
Computer Learning Month
Consumer Information Month
Cookbook Month
Country Music Month
Crime Prevention Month
Domestic Violence Month
Energy Awareness Month
Fire Prevention Month
Hunger Awareness Month
Mental Illness Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Pasta Month
National Pizza Festival Month
National Quality Month
Gourmet Adventures Month
International Doll Collectors Month
International Marine Travel Month
Museum Month
National Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month
National Family Sexuality Month
National Cooperative Month
National Popcorn Poppin’ Month
National Restaurant-Hospitality Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
National Pork Month
National Seafood Month
National UNICEF Month
National Youth Against Tobacco Month
Spectacle of the Geese Month
Spina Bifida Month
Stamp Collecting Month,
National Pretzel Month
National Clock Month
Month of the Hedgehog
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Co-Op Awareness Month
Family History Month
International Book Fair Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Apple Jack Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Communicate With Your Kid Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Dessert Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Health Care Food Service Month
National Infertility Awareness Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Sarcastics Awareness Month
Polish American Heritage Month
National Car Care Month

15th Day of dark 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month (@ Oct/Nov); Divali
2nd Day of bright 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month (@ Oct/Nov); Bhai Dooj
Night before full moon of Kartika, 8th Hindu month (@ Oct/Nov); Pushcar Fair begins (India)
Full Moon Day of 11th Buddhist month (@ Oct/Nov); Buddhist Lent ends
Full Moon Day of 11th Buddhist month (@ Oct/Nov) to Full Moon Day of 12th Buddhist month (@ Dec/Jan); Robe Offering Month
Full Moon Day of Thadingyut, Burmese month; Paung-daw-U Pagoda Festival (Burma)
9th Day of 9th Chinese moon (@ Oct/Nov); Chinese Chong Jiu Festival
1st Day of Shawwal, 9th Islamic month; Eid al-Fitr (Breaking of the Fast)
1st Day of Bhadra, Nepalese month; Gai Jatra (Cow Festival; Nepal)
27th Day of 8th Lunar Month; Birthday of Confucius Observance
Early October; Oktoberfest Beer Festivals (US)
Mid-October; World Series of Baseball begins (US, Canada)
Sometime in October; Potato Days (Norway)
Sometime in October; Fantasia (Morocco)

Newspaper Week (Japan)
Get Organized Week
National Higher Education Week
Universal Children’s Week
Minority Enterprise Week
National Spinning & Weaving Week
National Customer Service Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
National Health Care Food Service Week
Teens on the Town Gourmet Club Week
National Schoolbus Safety Week
National Temp Help Week
National Remanufacturing Week
National Port Week (begins 1st Wed)

Grandparent’s Day
Blessing of the Fishing Fleet

World Vegetation Day
Magic Circles Day
Fides (Old Roman Goddess of Faithfulness)
Hungary Independence Day
Universal Children’s Day
International Day for the Elderly
Cameroon Unification Day
Feast of Penha (Brazil)
Nigeria Independence Day
Pudding Season begins
Flattering Finals (Fairy)
St. Remigius’ Day (aka Remi; patron of France)
Cyprus Independence Day
Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux (patron of florists, foreign missions, France, pilots; against tuberculosis)
Kalends of October
Armed Forces Day (Korea)
Tuvalu National Holiday
Medical New Year
St. Theresa of the Child Jesus’ Day (patron of missions)
Agricultural Fair Day
Day of the Caudillo (Spain)
St. Romanos’ Day
People’s Republic of China Independence(?) Day
US Fiscal Year begins

Paul Dukas
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mathhau
Kona Carmack (Pb 2/96)
Daniel Boorstein
Vladimir Horowitz
Julie Andrews
Bonnie Parker
James Whitmore
George Peppard
Larry Poons
Stella Stevens (Pb 1/60)
Valentine Blatz (1826)
Henry III (1207)
Rod Carew
Gigi Lau
Richard Stockton
Tom Bosley
Mark McGwire
Edward Villella
William E. Boeing
Stanley Holloway
Edward P. Boland
Laurence Harvey
Charles G. Fullerton
Sergey Aksakov
Annie Besant
Grete Waitz
Randy Quaid
Faith Baldwin
James Lawrence
Richard Harris
Donny Hathaway
John Mackovic
Rufus Choate
William Rehnquist
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Charles VI
Firepup

Yosemite National Park established (1890)
Honeymooners debut
Beatles’ Abbey Road released
Ford Model-T 1st for sale (1908)
Pennsylvania Turnpike opened (1940)
1st Yacht race
Trail of Tears (4000 Cherokees die when forced to Oklahoma; 1838)
Mr. Ed 1st spoke (1961)
1st State Fair in US (1810)
Netscape’s 1st beta web browser released (1994)
Lawrence of Arabia captured Damascus
Chopsticks 1st played on the piano
1st Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
National Geographic 1st published (1888)
BBC began regular broadcasts in London (1936)
John Philip Sousa became conductor of U.S. Marine Corp Band (1880)
Disney World opened (1971)
1st World Series began (1902)
London University opened (1828)
St. Louis County founded (1812)
Epcot Center opened (1982)
Watergate trial began (1974)
Rural Mail delivery began in US (1896)
Mitchell Comet discovered (1847)
Sex Education taught for the 1st time
King of Siam died (1868)
Special Delivery postal service began (1885)
Commercial production of lightbulbs began (1880)
Sound Barrier 1st broken by a Concorde (1969)
European railroads linked with Russia (1903)
Roger Maris hit Home Run #61 (1961)
Blondie’s Total Eclipse of the Heart reached No. 1 (1983)
Polly Klaas kidnapped (Petaluma, California; 1993)
1st Piggly Wiggly supermarket opened (1916)
Raven Sherman died (Terry & the Pirates comic strip; 1941)
Kenneth Brannagh and Emma Thompson separated (1995)
Edison Lamp Works began producing electric light bulbs (1880)
Meco’s Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band reached No. 1 (1977)
Danielle Steele published 1st book (Going Home; 1973)
Ralph & Norton bought their 1st TV (on the Honeymooners; 1955)
Bill Hicks bumped from Letterman show for questionable reasons (1993)
Lawrence of Arabia and Arab forces captured Damascus (1918)
Babe Ruth called his shot in game 5 of the World Series, pointing to center field, and then hitting a home run (1932)
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. established a holding company and corporate restructuring began (1979)
He’Brew released its 1st beer (1997)
Florida finally changed its beer packaging laws to allow odd-sized bottled to be sold (2001)

Honolulu Brewing & Malting Co. (Hawaii; 1898)
August Schell Brewing (Minnesota; 1902)
Hilden Brewery (Northern Ireland; 1981)
Hillsdale Brewery & Public House (Oregon; 1985)
Hogshead Brewpub (California; 1985)
Wellington County Brewery (Canada; 1985)
James Page Brewing (Minnesota; 1987)
Pacific Crest Brewing (California; 1988)
San Andreas Brewing (California; 1989)
Whistler Brewing (Canada; 1989)
Gentle Ben’s Brewing (Arizona; 1991)
Hill Country Brewing & Bottling (Texas; 1991)
Millrose Brewpub (Illinois; 1991)
Ragtime Taproom (Florida; 1991)
Ebeneezer Brewing (Utah; 1992)
Fish Brewing (Washington; 1992)
Al Frisco’s (Canada; 1993)
American River Brewing (California; 1993)
Little Apple Brewing (Kansas; 1993)
Brimstone Brewing (Maryland; 1994)
Hart Breweries Ltd. (Canada; 1994)
Dalian Brewing (Hong Kong; 1995)
Hose & Hydrant Brewing (Canada; 1995)
West Berkshire Brewing (England; 1995)
Ballpark Brewing (California; 1996)
Barley’s (Kansas; 1996)
Barrett’s Brewpub & Eatery (Alabama; 1996)
Brasserie Frog et Princesse (France; 1996)
Buckley Brewery & Grill (Ohio; 1996)
Crooked Waters brewing (Illinois; 1996)
Cobblestone Winery & Brewery (New York; 1996)
Copper Dragon Brewing (Illinois; 1996)
Foundry Ale Works (Pennsylvania; 1996)
Four Peaks Brewing (Arizona; 1996)
Your World Brewery (Massachusetts; 1996)
Aukland Brewery (New Zealand; 1997)
Glacial Lakes Brewing (Minnesota; 1997)
La Barberie (Canada; 1997)
Magnolia Pub & Brewery (California; 1997)
Mobjack Bay Brewing (Virginia; 1997)
Ninkasi Ale House (France; 1997)
Red Shield Brewery (England; 1997)
Rogue’s Roost Ale House (Canada; 1997)
Three Rivers Eatery & Brewery (New Mexico; 1997)
Washington Brewing (DC; 1997)
Bertram’s Salmon Valley Brewery (Idaho; 1998)
Fisherman’s Beer Microcerveceria (Argentina; 1998)
Inchant Brewery (Australia; 1998)
Malt Shovel Brewery (Australia; 1998)
Tractor Brewing (New Mexico; 1999)
Alewife Brewery (England; 2000)
Brookhaven Brewery (Utah; 2000)
Santa Maria Brewing (California; 2000)
Brenham Brewery (Texas; 2001)
Monet’s Bistro & Brewpub (Illinois; 2001)