The Brookston Almanac

Orange Bowl Week (12/25-1/3)

Christmas Eve
Adam & Eve Day (Hungary)
Zerowork Season begins
Celtic tree month of Beth (Birch) begins
St. Adam’s Day (patron of gardeners)
National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day
Utter Day (Fairy)
St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Day
Tom & Jerry Night (David Letterman)
Mid Shaaban
Libya Independence Day
St. Levan’s Day (patron of malformed children)
National Egg Nog Day

Howard Hughes
Matthew Arnold
Juan Ramon Jimenez
I.F. Stone
Benjamin Rush
Kit Carson
John I (1167)
Ignatius Loyola
Joseph Cornell
Madonna Ciccone
James Prescott Joule
Robert Joffrey
Ava Gardner
Jill Bennett
Ad Reinhardt
Mary Higgins Clark
Judy Tyler (Pb 1/66)
Emanuel Lasker
Anthony Fauci
Bill Dudley
Nicholas Meyer
Frank Taveras
A.P. Lutali
Winston Moss

1st Weather Chart made
Silent Night published
After the Fox premiered
1st Solar House built (1948)
John Muir died (1914)
Disney’s The Aristocats premiered (1970)
Bicycle Pedal Brake patented
Verdi’s Aida premiered (1871)
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812 (1814)
1st German Bomb landed on British soil (WW I; 1914)
Beatles’ partnership legally dissolved (1974)
Tommy James’ I Think We’re Alone Now released
1st Surface-to-Surface Guided Missile launched (1942)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea premiered
Bart Starr made head coach of the Green Bay Packers
Pearl Jam’s album Vitalogy reached No. 1 (1994)
Library of Congress, and part of the US Capitol, destroyed by fire (1851)
Piped-in-water 1st installed in homes (London; 1508)
1st International Air Show held (1908)
Burl Ives’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer reached No. 1 (1949)
New York International Airport changed its name to JFK International Airport (1963)
Bee Gees’ How Deep Is Your Love? reached No. 1 (1977)
King Idris I declared Libya’s independence (1951)
Dinosaurs 1st appeared during Permian Period (Sagan calendar)
Eisenhower appointed Commander-in-Chief of Eropean invasion (WW2; 1943)
73 killed when “Fire!” yelled in crowded movie theatre (Michigan; 1913)
Lorin Maazel conducted his 1st orchestra professionally (1953)
Ku Klux Klan formed in Tennessee (1865)
Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega gave himself up to US troops after hiding in Papal Nuncio, Panama City (1989)
72 miner’s children died in fire panic caused by “copper boss thugs” at Christmas Party (Calumet, Michigan; 1913)
Former UK Labour Minister John Stonehouse, thought to have drowned, discovered hiding in Australia (1974)
Philip Hildenbrand took over the White Bear Brewery in Philadelphia (1901)
Whatcom Brewery opened (Washington; 1994)
Taiheiyo Beer Kan opened (Japan; 1996)