The Brookston Almanac

Erntedankfest (Germany; Potato Harvest Festival)
Ivy Day (Ireland)
St. Faith’s Day (patron of prisoners, soldiers)
National Noodle Day
Festival of Spiritual Anarchy
Apple Havest Festival
National German-American Day
Come and Take It Day (Texas)
Physician Assistant Day
Ashura (Muslim)
Gopher Hill Day
Chowderfest
Festival of the Other Five Toes (Fairy)
German Day (aka German Pioneer Day; Pennsylvania)
St. Bruno’s Day (patron against demonic possession)
Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
Brussel Sprout Festival
St. Thomas’ Day (Greek)

Le Corbusier
Jenny Lind
Karol Szymanowski
Britt Ekland
Thor Heyerdahl
Carol Lombard
Janet Gaynor
Stephanie Zimbalist
Fritz Scholder
Shana Alexander
George Westinghouse
Samantha Torres (Pb 12/95)
Albert J. Beveridge
Shana Alexander
Reginald Fessenden
Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd
Bill Metzger (1959)
Kevin Cronin
Ruben Angel Sierra
Fred Travalena
Jimmie Johnson
Napoleon McCallum
John Cougar Mellencamp
Ruben Sierra

Self-winding clock patented
Dating Game debuted
LSD outlawed (1966)
Monty Python debuted on US television (PBS)
Breakfast At Tiffany’s premiered
Pirate utopia “Libertaria” founded
1st Mennonite settlement in US established (Germantown, PA; 1683)
Nickel plating patented
1st Turkish bath opened in US (1863)
Jazz Singer, 1st “talkie,” premiered (1927)
1st Chess tournament
Mormons renounced polygamy
American Library Association established (1876)
Potassium discovered (1807)
Battle of Yorktown ended
1st co-op store opened (Boston; 1845)
To Die For premiered
Columbus discovered Nicaragua
Ether 1st demonstrated
1st US Train Robbery (1866)
Mormons reluctantly renounced ploygamy (1890)
French and British Troops captured Peking (1860)
Chaing Kai-shek became President of China (1928)
Monty Python’s German episodes debuted
Cadillac’s front-drive Eldorado introduced (1966)
Word “jazz” 1st used in print (1917)
Anwar Sadat assassinated (1981)
Byzantine Emperor Basil II conquered Bulgaria (1014)
Cher’s Half-Breed reached No. 1 (1973)
William Tyndale burned at the stake for heresey (1536)
Elizabeth Taylor married Larry Forensky (1991)
US Submarine Sea Wolf set a record for 60-days submerged
Davidson County, Tennessee founded (home of Nashville; 1783)
Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbrau opened (Germany; 1634)
Long Valley Pub & Brewery opened (New Jersey; 1995)