The Brookston Almanac

Elephant Round-Up begins (Surin, Thailand)

Occult Day
World Fellowship Day
Volkstrauertag (German Memorial Day)
Mother Goose Parade
Vertieres Day (Haiti)
St. Odo of Cluny’s Day (patron of rain, music)
Latvia Independence Day
Country Days
Hap-Dancing and Tiger-Turning (Fairy)
St. Romanus’ Day
Ned Ludd Memorial Machine-Smashing Festival
Oman National Day
National French Vichyssoise Day

Carl Maria Von Weber
Alan B. Shepard
Louis Deguerre
Margaret Atwood
Graham Parker
Johnny Mercer
Sojourner Truth
Percy Wyndham Lewis
Ignacy Paderewski
George Gallup
William S. Gilbert
Clarence S. Day
Asa Gray
Gwendolyn Hajek (Pb 9/87)
Wyndham Lewis
Christopher Pinchbeck
Alec Issigonis
Kevin Nealon
Hank Ballard
Cheryl Bachman (Pb 10/91)
Warren Moon
Cesare Lombroso
Imogene Coco
Eugene Ormandy
Dorothy Collins
Christopher Pinchbeck
Amelita Galli-Curci
Linda Evans
Susan Sullivan
Warren Moon
Todd Bowles
Seth Joyner
Tom Gordon
Gene Mauch
Steve Henderson
Wilma Mankiller
Brenda Vaccaro
Ted Stevens
Mickey Mouse

Calvin & Hobbes 1st published
William Tell shot the apple
Noah left the Ark
1st Teddy Bear made
Steamboat Willie, 1st sound cartoon, premiered (1928)
Antarctica discovered (1820)
1st Plane did a loop-the-loop
Standard Time Zones adopted by US (1883)
Jonestown Genocide began (1978)
Invisible Man premiered
US & Panama signed Canal Treaty
Robin Hood died
King’s Cross tube station fire killed 34 (London; 1987)
Disney’s Oliver & Company premiered (1988)
Associated Publishers founded (1920)
St. Peter’s in Rome consecrated (1626)
Battle Hymn of the Republic written (1861)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon premiered
Duke of Wellington state funeral held (1852)
Gold discovered in Rhodesia (1904)
Suffragettes attacked UK House of Commons (1910)
Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian leader to visit Israel (1977)
Tom Cruise married Katie Holmes (2006)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union formed (Cleveland, OH; 1874)
Seattle Printers refused to print anti-labor ad in newspaper (1919)
Prince Joachim of Denmak married Alexandra Manley of Hong Kong (1995)
Seinfeld’s The Contest aired to determine who could remain “master of their domain” (1992)
Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland released by Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine after being held hostages for 4 and 6 years, respectively (1991)
British war tax on beer imposed to raise revenue (1914)
Rettig Brewing opened (Pennsylvania; 1901)
Brewhouse Ernst August opened (Germany; 1986)
Odell Brewing opened (Colorado; 1989)
Great Northern Restaurant & Brewery opened (North Dakota; 1995)
Kusano Craft Beer company opened (Japan; 1997)