The Brookston Almanac

Vodka Day
See the Light Day
Buttering-Up Final (Fairy)
Lesotho Independence Day
St. Francis of Assisi’s Day (patron of animals, ecology, Italy, merchants, needle workers, tapestry makers; against fire)
Carrying in the Pudding (London, UK)
National Taco Day
St. Ammon’s Day
10-4 Day (C.B.)
St. Petronius’ Day
Widcombe Fair (U.K.)

Alicia Silverstone
Rutherford B. Hayes
Charlton Heston
Frederic Remington
Anne Rice
Edward L. Stratemeyer
Dick Tracy
Giovanni Piranesi
Pancho Villa
Buddy Bolden
Richard Cromwell
Buster Keaton
Armand Assante
Jean-Francois Millet
Lori Saunders
Damon Runyon
Louis X (the Stubborn)
Sam Huff
Christina Smith (Pb 3/78)
Susan Sarandon
Alvin Toffler
Michael Pupin
Jan Murray
Buddy Roemer
Tony LaRussa
Patti LaBelle
Mike Adamle
Sam Huff
Clifton Davis
Jackie Collins

Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier
New Amsterdam renamed New York (1664)
Leave it to Beaver debuted (1957)
Sputnik, the 1st satellite, launched (1957)
1st Balloon race
Dick Tracy comic strip began (1931)
Maltese Falcon premiered
1st English bible translation published (1535)
Crusader Rabbit debuted
Max Planck died (1947)
Gregorian Calendar adopted (1582)
Buick introduced the Riviera (1962)
1st External Pacemaker installed (1952)
Janis Joplin died of an overdose (1970)
Rembrandt died (1669)
San Jose Sharks played their 1st game
Pope Paul VI visited US (1965)
Mexico became a republic (1824)
Boys’ Brigade founded (Glasgow; 1883)
IRA’s 7-month hunger striked ended (1981)
New York City’s Delmonico’s restaurant closed (1918)
German Freedom of the Press suspended by Hitler (1933)
Battle of Germantown (U.S. War of Independence)
Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust reached No. 1 (1980)
100th Batch of Traquair House Ale brewed (1978)
Brew House of Danvers opened (Massachusetts; 1995)
Capital City Brewery opened (Louisiana; 1996)
Barley & Hops Grill and Microbrewery opened (Maryland; 1999)