The Brookston Almanac

American Chemical Society founded
Oreo Cookies 1st for sale (Hoboken, NJ; 1912)
Aspirin patented (1899)
1st College Orchestra performed
Frozen Food 1st for sale
1st Electric Power Plant opened
USFL established
Alamo fell (1836)
Voyager I flew past Jupiter (1979)
1st Steel Ship built
FDR ordered all banks to close (1933)
Guam discovered (1521)
Verdi’s La Traviata premiered (1853)
Fall of the Alamo (1836)
1st Car driven in Detroit (1896)
Beatles’ Hey Jude went gold
Nguyen Van Phred became Vietnam Envoy to UN (Doonesbury)
Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, shot and paralyzed (1978)
Temptations’ My Girl reached No. 1 (1965)
Channel Ferry overturned, drowning 200 (1987)
Dred Scot decision invalidated Missouri Compromise (1857)
A man was told on the Jenny Jones TV show that another man was in love with him (1995)
Hammer & Nail Brewers opened (Connecticut; 1996)
Union Station First City Brewery & Grill opened (Minnesota; 1997)
Port Angeles Brewing opened (Washington; 1998)