The Brookston Almanac

Homstrom (Burning Man Festival; Switzerland)

Obscurity Day
King Frost Day
Torture Abolition Day
Sri Lanka Independence Day
Create-A-Vacuum Day
St. Andrew Corsini’s Day (patron against quarrels, sudden death)
Yuma Crossing Day
St. Phileas’ Day
Thank A Mailman Day
St. John de Brito’s Day (patron of Portugal)
National Stuffed Mushroom Day
St. Isidore of Pelusium’s Day
American Bowling Congress National Tournament begins (@)
St. Gilbert of Sempringham’s Day

Emperor Norton I of the United States
Charles Lindbergh
Nigel Bruce
Lisa Eichorn
Joseph Ruppert (1842)
Adolph Coors (1847)
Erich Leinsdorf
Nicole Wood (Pb 4/93)
Rosa Parks
Aika Miura
Louis Michel Eilshemius
Russel Hoban
Ferdinand Leger
Mark Hopkins
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Clyde Tombaugh
Denis Savard
Alice Cooper
Isa Lupino
“Big” Bill Haywood
Robert Coover
Betty Friedan
Donald W. Riegle
Conrad Bain
Lawrence Taylor
David Brenner
Gumby
Dan Quayle

Disney’s Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree released
Washington/Adams ticket elected US President/Vice Pres.
USO established (1941)
1st Winter Olympics began (Lake Placid, New York; 1932)
US Bronze Star established
Interstate Commerce Act passed (1887)
Apache Wars began (1861)
1st Electric Typewriter for sale
Snickers candy bar 1st for sale (1930)
National Institute of Arts and Letters founded
Demountable Auto Tire patented
1st Color Newspaper supplement published
Modern Republican Party named (1854)
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours released (1977)
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town premiered on Broadway
Slavery abolished in French Colonies (1793)
Rolls-Royce commissioned its figurehead, Spirit of Ecstasy (1911)
Coca-Cola’s “Coke Is It” ad campaign launched (1982)
Dade County, Florida founded (home of Miami; 1836)
Charleston dancing record set (22 hrs, 30 mins; 1929)
American Social Hygiene Association established
Miss Peach comic strip began (1957)
Karen Carpenter died of anorexia nervosa (1983)
Laker Airways declared bankruptcy (1982)
Superman Magnet 1st appeared on Jerry’s refrigerator (Seinfeld; 1993)
Confederate States of America formed (1861)
Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive reached No. 1 (1978)
John Bechtel elected president of the USBAA (1863)
Baltimore’s American Brewing Co. bought Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Brewing (1960)
White Labs introduced its 1st Belgian yeast, a Trappist ale yeast; 1996)
German priest Michael Fey modified a washing machine to create an automatic brewing machine (2003)
Cafe On the Square & Brewpub opened (Texas; 1995)
Thirsty Dog Brewing opened (Ohio; 1997)