The Brookston Almanac

Kiddies’ Carnival (Trinidad & Tobago)

Midwinter Bluegrass Festival begins (Missouri)

George Washington Birthnight Banquet and Ball (Alexandria, Virginia)

Random Acts of Kindness Day
Fornacalia (Old Roman Bread Festival)
National Cafe Au Lait Day
Championship Crab Races
Bonten Festival (Japan)
National PTA Founder’s Day
St. Fintan’s Day
Festival Du Voyageur begins (Manitoba, Canada @)
Sourdough Rendezvous begins (Yukon, Canada)
Feast of Shesmu (Eqyptian God of Wine Press)
Celtic tree month of Luis ends

Archangelo Corelli
Thomas J. Watson
Billy Joe Armstrong
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Michael Jordan
Rene Theophile Laennec
Montgomery Ward
Traci Adell (Pb 7/94)
Raphael Peale
Samuel McClure
Buddy De Franco
Margaret Truman
Jim Brown
Georg Gaffky
Marion Anderson
Guillermo Vilas
Huey Newton
Arthur Kennedy
Hal Holbrook
Gene Pitney
Marty Jones
Alan Bates
Barry Humphries
Mary Ann Mobley
Lee Hoiby
“Red” Barber
Marty Jones
Levon Kirkland
Dodie Stevens
Andrew “Banjo” Paterson

Modern Art 1st shown in US (1913)
Geronimo died (1909)
Minimum Wage Law enacted
National Congress of Parents & Teachers (PTA) founded (1897)
Picnic premiered
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament founded (1958)
1st Canned Sardines packaged
National College of Mothers established
Popey debuted in comic strip Thimble Theater (1929)
Columbia, South Carolina surrendered to General Sherman (1865)
Gene Chandler’s Duke of Earl reached No. 1 (1962)
Vacant/Engaged Toilet Sign patented (1883)
Friends of the Urban Forest planted its 20,000th tree (San Francisco; 1996)
Sarah & Vinny debuted on ALICE radio (San Francisco, California; 1997)
Great Flood began, Noah and the animals escaped in the Ark
Boston Beer Co. reorganized (1865)
Staropramen began malting (Czech Republic; 1871)
Senate accepted the Blaine Act ending prohibition (1933)
Brewmasters Brewhouse opened (Washington; 1996)
BruRm @ Bar opened (Connecticut; 1996)
Sweetwater Brewing opened (Georgia; 1997)
Brewbakers Brewing opened (California; 1999)