The Brookston Almanac

Toast Day
Summer Finding (Norse)
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Day
Pakistan Republic Day
National Chip and Dip Day
Fun & Sun Festival
Dandelion Dance (Fairy)
Near-Miss Day
World Meterological Day (UN)
National Energy Education Day
St. Toribio’s Day (patron of Latin American bishops)
Rally For Decency Day
St. Turibius de Mongrovejo’s Day
Provincial Anniversary Day (Otago and Southland, New Zealand)

Akira Kurosawa
William Smith
Fanie Farmer
Karen McDougal (Pb 12/97)
Werner Von Braun
John Bartram
Sidney Hillman
Roger Bannister
Moses Malone
J.P. Donleavy
Ron Jaworski
Juan Gris
Michael Brand (1826)
Arnie Wienmeister
Martha Wright
Dante Jones
Teresa Ganzel
Amanda Plummer
Joan Crawford
Marty Allen
Chaka Khan
Muirhead Bone Schuyler Colfax

Beat the Clock debuted
Cable Car patented
1st Photographic Portrait Studio opened
Nellie Melba revealed her Melba Toast recipe
1st Department Store Elevator installed
John Lennon’s In His Own Write published
Truth or Consequences debuted
Handel’s Messiah premiered
Fascism founded in Italy
Rivet patented
Canada’s 1st Newspaper published (1752)
Jaguar E-type introduced (1961)
Rally For Decency held in Miami (1969)
Tennessee outlawed Teaching of Evolution (1925)
Benito Mussolini founded Fascist Party in Italy (1919)
UN World Meteorlogical Organization established (1950)
Lewis & Clark began their trip back from the Northwest (1806)
Pedro the Cruel, King of Castille, murdered by his brother Henry (1369)
1st Group of Heaven’s Gate cult members committed suicide (1997)
Patrick Henry gave his “give me liberty or give me death” speech (1775)
Barney Clark, 1st permanent heart transplant recipient, died after 112 days (1983)
1st beer brewed at El Toro Brewing (California; 1994)
Coopers Brewery (Australia; 1862)
Willamette Brewing opened (Oregon; 1991)
Nail Brewing opened (Australia; 2000)