The Brookston Almanac

Lord Mayor Day (London)

Veteran’s Day (US)
St. Martin’s Day (aka St. Martin of Tours; patron of beggars, drunkards, equestrians, harvests, horses, innkeepers, new wine, tailors)
Education Day
Martinmas (Old England)
Tear-Stomach Day
Air Day
Turnip Lantern Festival (Richterswil, Switzerland)
Beggar’s Day (Netherlands)
Einherjar (Asatru)
Remembrance Day (Canada)
Angola Independence Day
Lunantishees (Ireland)
Martinigian (Switzerland)
Feast of Dionysus
Eleven Eleven Eleven Day (Netherlands)
National Sundae Day
St. Menas of Egypt’s Day (patron of caravans, merchants)
Concordia Day (St. Marten Island)
Rhodesia Independence Day
St. Theodore of Studios’ Day
King’s Birthday (Bhutan)
Bonza Bottler Day
Maldives Republic Day
Old November Day
St. Martin of Tours’ Day (Western)
National Day (Angola)
Armistice Day
Wish-Spoiling Sports Day (Imps, Gremlins, and grumpy Goblins)
Original Poppy Day
Circle K International Service Day

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
George S. Patton
Mickey Mouse
Jimi Hendrix
Edouard Vuillard
Abigail Adams
Ken Grossman (1954)
Richard Lindner
Vesto Slipher
Henry IV
Shione Miyagi
Demi Moore
Sabrina Gellink
Hypatia Lee
Matta
Pat O’Brien
Mose Allison
Jonathan Winters
Bibi Andersson
Charles IV (1748)
Robert Ryan
Lisa Welch (Pb 9/80)
Yen Jo-chi (1636)
Fuzzy Zoeller
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Antoine de Bougainville
Sam Spiegel
Jesse Colin Young
Rene Clair
Surrey Marshe (Pb 1/67)
Walter “Rabbit” Maranville
Harold “Pie” Traynor
Thomas Aldrich
Philip McKeon
Carlos Fuentes
Steve Foley
Phillip Epps
Ricky Hunley
Barbara Boxer

Mayflower Compact signed
Washington became the 42nd state (1889)
1st Pinball Tournament played
World War I ended (1918)
Cherry Valley Massacre
Jeep prototype 1st manufactured (1940)
Louis Armstrong made his 1st record (1925)
1st Illustrated Advertisement
Unknown Soldier entombed
1st Dance Course taught
Cosmic Rays discovered
Haymarket martyrs executed (1887)
Slave Leader Nat Turner hanged (1831)
How To Marry a Millionaire premiered
1st Poppy Day held by British Legion (1921)
Ground-breaking ceremony held for Route 66 (1926)
Bad English’s When I See You Smile reached No. 1 (1989)
Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama dedicated (1989)
Hitler arrested after Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
Van Gogh’s painting Irises sold at Sotheby’s for $53.9 million (1987)
Unknown Soldiers from Britain & France buried at Westminster Abbey & Arc de Triomphe (1920)
1st Woman, Dr. Mary E. Walker, received the US Medal of Honor (1865)
Labour Government in Australia dismissed until free election could be held in December (1975)
Pabst Hotel opened, NYC (1899)
Stone 11.11.11 Vertical Epic will be released (2011)
Vermont Pub & Brewery opened (Vermont; 1988)
Reedy River Brewing opened (South Carolina; 1995)
Western Ale & Brewpub opened (Washington; 1996)
Magnolia Pub & Brewery (California; 1997)