Infobrew
What your coffee knows.
August 23
Hard D. Weed patented the grip-tread tire chain for cars on this date in 1904.
Your coffee wants to stay off of Skid Row.
August 22
On this date in 1965, Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, intentionally struck John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat during a game.
Your coffee wants a high hard one—but not too high, and not too hard.
August 21
Clint Eastwood was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—which he refused—on this date in 1984.
Your coffee wants a moon on the Walk of Fame.
August 20
On this date in 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
Your coffee wants to hear from the Cree, the Inuit, and Métis peoples.
August 19
English drummer and songwriter Ginger Baker was born on this date in 1939.
Your coffee wants some Cream.
August 16
On this date in 1858, U.S. President James Buchanan received greetings from Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom by way of the new transatlantic telegraph cable.
Your coffee wants to know how to send a smiley emoji in Morse code.
August 15
Apple introduced the iMac computer on this date in 1998.
Your coffee wants a floppy drive.
August 14
On this date in 1814, the Convention of Moss ended the Swedish-Norwegian war.
Your coffee just wants those two to get along.
August 13
Norwegians voted to end its union with Sweden on this date in 1905.
Your coffee bows before Haakon VII.
August 12
On this date in 1969, the Boston Celtics pro basketball team was sold for $6 million.
Your coffee wants a pint with every three-point shot.
August 9
The first sailing ship to carry the American flag around the world, the Columbia of Boston, returned to Boston after a three-year journey on this date in 1790.
Your coffee wants a nice cup of tea.
August 8
On this date in 2004, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds of human waste from the bus’ blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto an open-top passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below.
Your coffee wants an inside seat.
August 7
A Menominee activist, Ada Deer, was sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on this date in 1993.
Your coffee believes if you add a deer, you must subtract two squirrels and a moose.
August 6
On this date in 1986, Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor chosen to star as “James Bond” in the long-running cinematic spy franchise.
Your coffee wants to bask in the living daylights beneath the glow of Colonel Sun.
August 5
Sir John Barrow, British Secretary at the Admiralty, rejected Sir Francis Ronalds’ working electric telegraph system as being “wholly unnecessary” on this date in 1816.
Your coffee believes a ship’s reach should exceed its mast or what’s a semaphore?
August 2
On this date in 1938, a major league baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used bright yellow baseballs.
Your coffee wants some mustard on that knuckle-ball.
August 1
The Acts of Union merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on this date in 1800.
Your coffee wants a celebratory sip of Irish whiskey.