The Brookston Almanac

First Day of Winter

Anklopfnachte (Germany)

Forefather’s Day (New England)
Chaos Day
Humbug Day
St. Thomas’ Day, the Doubting Thomas
Look At the Bright Side Day
Alban Arthuan (Druid Festival; 4th Station)
National French Fried Shrimp Day
Feast of St. Peter Canisius
National Flashlight Day
Yalda (Iran)
Doleing Day (fka Gooding Day; Sussex, UK)
Pongol of the Cows (Hindu)
Mumping Day
St. Peter Canisius’ Day (patron of Germany)
Nepal Independence Day
Sagittarius zodiac sign ends

Jack Daniels
Frank Zappa
Masaccio (Tommaso di Giovanni)
John McCormack
Phil Donahue
Kiefer Sutherland
Andor Foldes
Kemal Bay
Jean Henri Fabre
Benjamin Disraeli
Chris Evert
Jane Fonda
Michael Tilson Thomas
Joe Paterno
Alan Freed
Franz Boaz
Paul Winchell
Heinrich Boll
Dave Kingman
Florence Griffith Joyner
Henrietta Szold
Carl Wilson
Donald Regan
Barbara Roberts
Andy James Van Slyke
Pyotr Kropotkin
Chuck Smith
Anthony Powell
Kurt Waldheim
Joseph Stalin

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock (1620)
1st Animated Feature Film, Disney’s Snow White, premiered (1937)
Phileas Fogg won his bet (1872)
1st Blood Bank opened
Getaway Car 1st used in bank robbery
1st Crossword Puzzle published (in New York World; 1913)
Apollo 8 launched (1968)
1st German Air Raid on England (WW 1)
Wobblies outlawed (Australia; 1916)
General George S. Patton died after car crash (1945)
Record set for consecutive days in space (365 days; 1988)
Jane Fonda married Ted Turner (1991)
Giovanni Boccaccio died (1375)
1st Co-Operative Store opened
Anesthetic 1st used (to amputate a leg; 1846)
Ibsen’s The Doll’s House premiered (1879)
Edison 1st demonstrated his lightbulb (1879)
2 Soviet Cosmonauts returned to Earth after 1 year in space (1988)
US Troops invaed Panama to oust Manuel Noriega (1989)
Tillie’s Punctured Romance premiered
Elvis Presley visited Preseident Richard Nixon at the White House (1970)
US Supreme Court approved 6-week divorces granted in Nevada
World was supposed to end (1952; according to entity Sanada)
Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland (1988)
Serial killer John Gacy arrested after the remains of 33 men and boys were found on his property (1978)
Devonian Period began, 1st insects appeared and began colonizing Earth’s land (Sagan calendar)
Gritty McDuff’s Brewpub opened (Maine; 1988)
Bird Creek Brewery opened (Alaska; 1991)
Coquihalla Brewery opened (Canada; 1996)
Old Lompoc Brewing opened (Oregon; 1996)
Selin’s Grove Brewing opened (Pennsylvania; 1996)
Six Rivers Brewing opened (California; 1996)