The Brookston Almanac

Eat What You Want Day
Sophia (aka Sapinetia; Celtic Goddess of Wisdom)
Covenant Day (South Africa)
Nepal Independence Day
Canterbury Day
Day of the Covenant (fka Day of the Vow)
Posadas begins (Mexico)
Bahrain Independence Day
St. Eusebius’ Day
Dingaan’s Day
Victory Day (Bangladesh)
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Bhutan National Day
Day of the Republic (Kazakhstan)
Simbang Gabi begins (Philippines)
Fiesta of the Virgin of the Lonely (Mexico)
St. Adelaide’s Day
Man Will Never Fly Society Annual Meeting

Bill Hicks (1961)
Ludwig Von Beethoven
Jane Austen
Arthur C. Clarke
Jo Anne Stamm
Philip K. Dick
Zoltan Koadaly
Magaret Mead
Vladimir Tatlin
Remedios Varo
Hans Buchner
Noel Coward
George Santayana
John Greenleaf Whittier
Catherine of Aragon
Maria Luisa Gil (Pb 6/98)
George Santayana
Kelly Tough (Pb 10/81)
Bruce N. Ames
Steve Bochco
Ben Cross
Elayne Boosler
Liv Ullman
Pete “Monkey” Hotaling
Lesley Stahl
William “Refrigerator” Perry
Lesley Stahl
Billy Ripken
Tony Hicks
Moe Elewonibi

Boston Tea Party (1773)
Variety 1st published (1903)
Battle of the Bulge began (WW 2)
Night Gallery debuted
1st Concert given in US Dragnet debuted (1951)
Battle of Ardennes (General Patton; 1944)
Fellowship set out on its quest (Hobbit)
1st Worms appeared (Sagan calendar)
Harum Scarum premiered
Saturday Night Fever premiered (1977)
1st Female head of MI5 named (1991)
Napoleon divorced Josephine (1809)
Disney’s Pete’s Dragon premiered (1977)
Glenn Miller’s plane went missing over English Channel (1944)
Dvorak’s New World Symphony premiered (1893)
Oliver Cromwell named Lord Protector of England (1653)
1st Westerner landed at Monterey, California (1602)
Pat Boone’s April Love reached No. 1 (1957)
France and Italy agreed to respect each other’s rights in North Africa (1900)
US Marines forced resgination of Nicaragua President Jose Zelaya (1909)
New York City fire destroyed 600 buildings (1836)
Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz assassinated (1922)
1st European immigrant ship arrived in New Zealand (1850)
Rod Stewart married model Rachel Hunter (1990)
National Shrine to South Africa’s Boers dedicated (1949)
Wojo’s hippie girlfriend baked a batch of special brownies for the precinct (on Barney Miller; 1976)
Missouri earthquake changed the course of the Mississippi River (1811)
San Carlos, Venezuela residents saw UFO’s and small, hairy apelike aliens (1954)
Philip Morris cigarettes declared illegal in Italy to stop mafia smuggling (1991)
John Hancock & John Adams hosted a party, donating a keg, at the Green Dragon Tavern for the Sons of Liberty before leading them on the Boston Tea Party (Massachusetts; 1773)
Stephan Moninger issued a license to brew by Karlsruhe local government (Germany; 1856)
Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought the Amsterdam Brewery (1863)
Pabst reached single year production of 2 million bottles (1941)
Arrowhead Brewing opened (Pennsylvania; 1991)