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Monday, December 20, 1819

Twins Leopold and Franz Joseph Gutsch (in picture) were born in Bruchsal, Prussia.  They emigrated to America in 1845 and settled in...

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Thursday, December 20, 1827

Thomas Seitz was born in Oberweier, Karlsruhe, Germany.    He and his brothers Michael and Joseph emigrated to America in 1853 and s...

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Thursday, December 20, 1832

George Rochevot was born in Herxheim-am-Berg Rhenish Bavaria. As a young boy he was sent to Mannheim to learn the art of brewing. He became a maste...

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Friday, December 20, 1833

Fredrick Justus Heinrich Krug was born.   At age 26 he and Rudolph Selzer founded what would become Omaha's Falstaff Brewery.

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Friday, December 20, 1833

Fredrick Justus Heinrich Krug was born in Niederzwehren, Germany.  He arrived at age 19 in America in 1852.  He first found employme...

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Saturday, December 20, 1845

Leonhardt Heinrich Rieger was born in Stuttgart, Germany.  In 1881 he partnered with William Gretz to form the Rieger & Gre...

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Wednesday, December 20, 1854

Charles William Bergner, heir to the Bergner & Engel Brewery of Philadelphia, was born.

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Thursday, December 20, 1934
The Dr. George Miller Co. of Crete Nebraska filed for bankruptcy in Federal Court.

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Monday, December 20, 1937
The Whitewater Brewing Co. is forced to change their label to remove the words "Pride Of Wisconsin" from their Badger Beer labels - because it is not ...

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Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Founded
1844

Closed
2013