The Brookston Almanac

National Dessert Day

Columbus Day
Fortuna Redux (Old Roman Goddess of Successful Journeys & Safe Returns)
Dia De La Raza (Latin America)
Farmer’s Day (Florida)
International Moment of Frustration
Fraternal Day
Global Scream Day (30-second scream at 1200 hours GMT)
Equitorial Guinea Independence Day
Family Harvest Festival (Nigeria)
International Newspaper Carrier Day
Farmer’s Day (Florida)
National Bookkeeper’s Day
Hispanity Day (Spain)
St. Wilfrid of York’s Day
Imamat Day (Muslim)
Runic half-month of Gyfu ends Somalia Independence Day
Last Pilgrimage to Fatima (Portugal)

Sappho
Aleister Crowley
Ralph Vaughn-Williams
Winona Ryder
Matsuo Basho
Jonathan Trumbell
Elmer Sperry
Gene Vincent
Ramsey McDonald
Charles Loring Elliot
Dick Gregory
Luciano Pavarotti
Tony Kubeck
Neriah Davis (Pb 3/94)
Theodore Earl Butler
Kirk Cameron
Susan Anton
John Engler
Adam Rich
Helena Modjeska
Charles Gordone
Tony Kubek
Jasroslav Drobny
Sam Moore
Jean Nidtech
Chris Chandler
Michael Zordich
George Washington Cable
Rick Ferrell
Joe Cronin
Edward VI
Pedro I

Medal of Honor 1st given to a conscientious objector
1st Iron Lung used (1928)
Indians discover Columbus lost on the shore on San Salvador (1492)
1st secular song published (Three Blind Mice; 1609)
Basho died (1694)
2nd Boer War officially began (1899)
White House cornerstone laid (1792)
Conan comic book #1 published
Battle of Orleans (100 Years War; 1428)
Nurse Cavell shot by Germans (1915)
Robert E. Lee died (1870)
Ian Fleming died (1964)
Andy Warhol set sail on an episode of The Love Boat (1985)
Construction began on Holland Tunnel (1920)
Hitler banned American Jazz from German radio (1935)
“Executive Manion” renamed “The White House” (1901)
Swanky Mode’s appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show (1970: Tapeheads)
1st US Memorial to Columbus dedicated (Baltimore; 1792)
Sid Vicious killed girlfriend Nancy Spungen (1978)
Rod Serling’s Requiem for a Heavyweight debuted on Playhouse 90 (1956)
Publick House for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds, 1st Asylum, opened
Nikita Khruschev banged his shoe on a table in UN General Assembly (1960)
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs’ Sugar Shack reached No. 1 (1963)
Nasu Land Beer opened (Japan; 1996)
Shimabara Meisui Brewery opened (Japan; 1996)
1st Oktoberfest as Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hill (1810)
E. Anheuser Co.’s Brewing Association declared its 1st dividend (1878)