The Brookston Almanac

National Kraut Sandwich Week
Credit Union Week
National Pickled Pepper Week
Getting the World to Beat a Path to Your Door Week
Peace With Justice Week
National YMCA Teen Week
National Forest Products Week
Bible Week
National Business Women’s Week
International Pinball Week

National Shut-In Visitation Day
Boss’ Day

World Poetry Day
Parade of Giants & Dwarves (Spain)
Driving Day
Mertz of All Possible Mertzes
St. Teresa of Avila’s Day (patron of Spain, lace makers; against headaches, heart attacks)
National Grouch Day
Rainbow Pickling Day (Fairy)
White Cane Safety Day
National Shut-In Visitation Day
St. Andeol’s Day (patron of Switzerland)
World Food Day
Evacuation Day (Tunisia)
National Roast Pheasant Day
Ether Day
World Food Day
St. Lucian of Antioch’s Day (Eastern)

Friedrich Nietzsche
Mantua Virgil (70 BCE)
P.G. Wodehouse
Michel Foucault
James Jacques Tissot
Mario Puzo
Ralph Blakelock
John Kenneth Galbraith
Evangelista Forricelli
Penny Marshall
Italo Calvino
Jim Palmer
Sarah Ferguson
Renee Summers
Mervyn LeRoy
John L. Sullivan
Devon Gummersall
Lee Iacocca
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Joseph Miguel Carrera
Roscoe Tanner
Jean Peters
Akba
Mark Leonard
Sarah Ferguson
Barry McGuire
C.P. Snow
Kristine Winder (Pb 10/77)
Trace Armstrong
Richard Carpenter
Marty Mann
Joe Klecko
Linda Lavin
Ned Ray McWherter
Mel Harder
Tito Jackson

Debussy’s La Mer premiered
Phrase “Flower Power” 1st used
Mata Hari executed for spying (1917)
Untouchables debuted (1959)
1st Vietnam protest demonstration (1965)
Pope Gregory XIII decreed 10 days would be dropped from calendar (1582)
Central American Federation won its independence from Spain (1821)
Little Nemo in Slumberland comic strip began (1905)
Henry VIII had Gooseberries planted in his garden
Krazy George invented “The Wave” at A’s/Yankees playoff game (1981)
US Department of Transportation established
I Love Lucy debuted (1951)
R.E.M.’s album Monster reached No. 1 (1994)
Clarence Thomas barely appointed to US Supreme Court (1991)
Debby Boone’s You Light Up My Life reached No. 1 (1977)
UB40’s Red Red Wine reached No. 1 (1988)
Nazi Hermann Goering committed suicide (1946)
Cellini got away with murder because Pope Paul liked his art work (1534)
Graf Zeppelin completed its 1st transatlantic voyage (1928)
Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur 1st met (1950)
Charles V promoted Cortes to governor general of Mexico (1522)
UK’s Public Morals Committee attacked use of condoms because it produces “poor hereditary stock” (1927)
Amstel Brewery produced its 1,000,000,000th bottle (Curacao; 1993)
d.b.a. opened, NYC (1994)
New Ayinger brewery dedicated (1999)
Oldenberg Brewery opened (Kentucky; 1987)
Dock Street Brewing opened (Pennsylvania; 1990)
Front Street Brewery opened (Iowa; 1992)
Jones Street Brewing opened (NE; 1992)
Diamond Knot Brewery opened (Washington; 1994)
Lucky Labrador opened (Oregon; 1994)
Schirf Brewing opened (Utah; 1994)
Utah Brewers’ Cooperative opened (Utah; 1994)
Dino & Luigi’s Stuft Pizza Sports Bar & Brewery opened (California; 1995)
Mountain Town Station Brewing opened (Michigan; 1996)
Sonora Brewing opened (Arizona; 1996)
Sunset Beer Co. opened (Florida; 1996)
Westchester Brewing opened (New York; 1996)
American Brewing/Hard Hat Beer opened (Florida; 1998)
Bulldog Brewing opened (California; 1998)
Lighthouse Brewery opened (Michigan; 1998)