The Brookston Almanac

Volunteer Fireman’s Day
Holy Family Day
Meitlisunntig (Switzerland)
Secret Pal Day
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days begin

Feast of Fools
Debt Day
Vinegrower’s Day (Bulgaria)
Narcissus Festival
Cakes and Ale Day (UK)
Pongal (India)
Mallard Day (Oxford, UK)
St. Kentigern’s Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
St. Sava’s Day (patron of Serbia)
Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races begin (@)
Julian Calendar New Year
St. Felix of Nola’s Day (patron against perjury)
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
All Souls College Mallard (Oxford)
Traitor’s Day
Celebration of 2nd Week of Moonhopper (Fairy)

Albert Schweitzer
Humphrey Bogart
Andy Rooney
Steven Soderbergh
Richard Briers (1934)
Hal Roach
Susan Smith (Pb 9/81)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Richard Outcault
Henri Fantin-Latour
Berthe Morisot
John dos Passos
Andy Rooney
William Whipple
Lawrence Kasdan
Yukio Mishima
L.L. Cool J.
Faye Dunaway
Cecil Beaton
Hugh Lofting
Art Young
Kim Llewellyn
Allen Toussaint
Benedict Arnold
Allen Toussaint
Carl Weathers
Jack Jones
William Bendix
Morihiro Hosokawa
Thomas Tryson
Jason Bateman
Mehmed VI
Julian Bond
Marjoe Gortner
Launch Faircloth
Ricochet Rabbit
Magilla Gorilla

1st Human Be-In (San Francisco; 1967)
Celluloid invented
Simpsons debuted (1990)
1st Publication made using US made paper
Caesarian Section 1st performed in US (1794)
Euthanasia Society founded
1:00 a.m. Curfew set for bowlers
International Dogsled Mail Service 1st established
1st US Assembly Line started (Ford; 1914)
Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio married (1954)
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden (1814)
1st Moving assembly line began running (1913)
Today Show debuted (1952)
Puccini’s Tosca premiered (1900)
1st Hootennany held at the White House (1964)
Treaty of Paris ratified ending American Revolution (1784)
British Muslims burned copies of Rushdie’s Satanic Verses (1989)
Massachusetts Bay Colony held a day of fasting in protest of wrongly convicted witches (1699)
CIA secretly held a 5-scientist meeting in Washington, DC to review UFO data, after 3 days they recommended the Gov’t institute a “debunking” policy (1953)
Anheuser-Busch awarded $5.00 settlement of $25,000 lawsuit vs. Canada Bud Breweries, Ltd. Judge Wright ruled no confusion with brand names. (1933)
Box Office Brewery & Restaurant opened (Illinois; 1994)
Lang Creek Brewery opened (Montana; 1994)
Santa Clarita Brewing Co. opened (California; 1994)