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October History

Oct 1936	Bill C. a Canadian alkie staying at Bill’s house, committed suicide using a gas stove.
Oct 1939	1st central committee formed in Cleveland; 1st example A.A. rotation.
Oct 1942	1st issue of Cleveland Central Bulletin is published.
Oct 1944	First non American branch started in Sydney, Australia by Father T V Dunlea & Rex.
Oct 1951	Lasker Award given to AA by American Public Health Assoc.
Oct 1951	Sister Ignatia wrote “Care of Alcoholics ? St.Thomas Hospital & A.A. Started Movement Which Swept Country” article in “Hospital Progress,” the journal of Catholic Hospital Association.
Oct 1954	The “Alcoholic Foundation” renamed the “General Service Board of A.A.”
Oct 1958	Playhouse 90 TV airs “The Days of Wine and Roses”.
Oct 1, 1941	Local news reports 1st AA Group in New Haven, CT.
Oct 1, 1957	Book “A.A. Comes of Age” published.
Oct 2, 1944	Marty M. founded National Committee Education Alcoholism, later became National Council on Alcoholism.
Oct 3, 1945	AA Grapevine adopted as national publication of AA.
Oct 5-7, 1972	2nd World Service meeting held in New York.
Oct 5, 1988	Lois Burnam Wilson died.
Oct 6, 1941	900 dine at Cleveland dinner for Dr. Bob.
Oct 8, 1988	Memorial Service for Lois W at Stepping Stones, NY.
Oct. 9-11, 1969	1st World Service meeting held in New York with delegates from 14 countries.
Oct 10, 1943	6 of 1st 9 AA’s attend clubhouse anniv. in Toledo.
Oct 10, 1970	Lois reads “Bills Last Message” at annual dinner in NY.
Oct 10, 1988	Lois is buried next to Bill in Manchester, Vermont.
Oct 13, 1947	“The Melbourne Group” held its first meeting in Australia.
Oct 14, 1939	Journal of American Medical Association gives Big Book unfavorable review.
Oct 15, 1904	Marty M, early AA woman, is born in Chicago.
Oct 17, 1935	Ebby T, Bills sponsor, moves in with Bill and Lois.
Oct 20, 1928	Bill wrote promise to Lois in family Bible to quit drinking. By Thanksgiving added second promise.
Oct 21, 1939	Cleveland Plain Dealer begins series of articles on AA of by Elrick Davis.
Oct 22, 1963	E M Jellinek, alcoholism educator and AA friend dies.
Oct 24, 1942	L.A. Times reports AA groups in 14 California cities.
Oct 24, 1943	Wilson’s start 1st major A.A. tour, returned Jan 19, 1944.
Oct 24, 1973	Trustee’s Archives Committee of AA has its 1st meeting.
Oct 28, 1994	National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence celebrates 50 years.

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September History

Sept, 1930	Bill wrote 4th (his last) promise in family Bible to quit drinking
Sept, 1939	Group started by Earl T in Chicago.
Sept, 1940	AA group started in Toledo by Duke P & others.
Sept, 1940	Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases gives Big Book unfavorable review.
Sept, 1946	Bill & Dr. Bob both publicly endorsed National Committee Education Alcoholism founded by Marty M.
Sept, 1946	1st A.A. group in Mexico.
Sept, 1948	Bob writes article for Grapevine on AA “Fundamentals – In Retrospect”.
Sept, 1949	1st issue of Grapevine published in “pocketbook” size.
Sept 1, 1939	1st AA group founded in Chicago.
Sept 11, 2001	30 Vesey St, New York. Location of AA’s first office is destroyed during the World Trade Center attack.
Sept 12, 1942	U.S. Assist. Surgeon General Kolb speaks at dinner for Bill and Dr Bob.
Sept 13, 1937	Florence R, 1st female in AA in NY.
Sept 13, 1941	WHJP in Jacksonville, FL airs Spotlight on AA.
Sept 17, 1954	Bill D, AA #3 dies.
Sept 18, 1947	Dallas Central Office opens its doors.
Sept 19, 1965	The Saturday Evening Post publishes article “Alcoholics Can Be Cured – Despite AA”
Sept 19, 1975	Jack Alexander, author of original Saturday Evening Post article, dies.
Sept 21, 1938	Bill W & Hank P form Works Publishing Co.
Sept 24, 1940	Bill 12th steps Bobbie V, who later replaced Ruth Hock as his secretary in NY.
Sept 30, 1939	article in Liberty magazine, “Alcoholics and God” > by Morris Markey.
Sept, 1971	First European Convention, Bristol, England, Sally Cousins, Archivist

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August History

Aug 1934	Rowland H and Cebra persuade court to parole Ebby T. to them.
Aug 1939	Dr. Bob wrote & may have signed article for Faith magazine.
Aug 1941	1st meeting in Orange County, California held in Anaheim
Aug, 1981	Sales of the Big Book passes 3,000,000
Aug 1981	Distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous passes 3 million.
Aug 1, 1943	Washington Times-Herald (DC) reports on AA clubhouse, to protect anonymity withholds address.
Aug 3, 1954	Brinkley S. gets sober at Towns Hosp after 50th detox.
Aug 8, 1879	Dr. Bob born in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Aug 9, 1943	LA groups announce 1000 members in 11 groups.
Aug 11, 1938	Akron & NY members begin writing stories for Big Book.
Aug 15, 1890	E M Jellinek is born, author of “The Disease Concept of Alcoholism” and the “Jellinek Curve”.
Aug 16, 1939	Dr Bob and Sister Ignatia admit 1st alcoholic to St Thomas Hospital, Akron, Ohio.
Aug 18, 1988	1st Canadian National AA Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Aug 19, 1941	1st AA Meeting in Colorado is held in Denver.
Aug 25, 1943	AA group donates Big Book to public library in Quincy, MA.
Aug 26, 1941	Bill writes Dr Bob to tell him Works Publishing has been incorporated
Aug 28, 1954	“24 Hours a Day” is published by Richmond W.

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July History

July 1939	Warren C. joined A.A. Cleveland, caused debate because he was not hospitalized.
July 1944	Bob writes article for Grapevine “On Cultivating Tolerance”.
July 1962	‘Victor E’ cartoon first appeared in Grapevine. (Some say May 1962).
July 1-3, 1960	25th Anniversary of AA in Long Beach, CA.
July 2-3, 1955	20th Anniversary Convention at St. Louis, MO. The Three Legacies, of Recovery, Unity, and Service, turned over to the movement by the old timers. AA comes of Age.
July 2, 1960	Father Ed Dowling dies.
July 2, 1965	“Best of Bill” and Pocket-Sized “12 and 12” 1st sold.
July 2, 1965	1st “La Vigne”, Canadian Grapevine, published.
July 2-4, 1965	30th Anniversary of AA in Toronto. Adopted “I Am Responsible.”
July 2, 1993	50 years of AA celebrated in Canada.
July 2, 2000	20 millionth copy of Big Book given to Al-Anon in Minneapolis, MN.
July 3-5, 1970	35th Anniversary of AA in Miami. “Declaration of Unity”. Bill’s last public appearance.
July 3-6, 1980	45th Anniversary of AA in New Orleans. First true marathon meeting was held.
July 3-6, 1980	Gay AA’s have own program at 45th AA Anniversary in New Orleans.
July 4, 1939	1st AA meeting started in Flatbush, NY.
July 4-6, 1975	40th Anniversary of AA in Denver. World?s largest coffee server serves 1/2 million cups a day.
July 5-7, 1985	50th AA Anniversary in Montreal, Canada. Ruth Hock was given 5,000,000th Big Book. House of Seagrams flew their flags at half mast for 3 days.
July 5-8, 1990	55th AA Anniversary in Seattle, WA. Nell Wing was given 10,000,000th Big Book.
July 7, 1940	Bill attends 1st Summer Session at School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University.
July 8, 1940	1st AA Group formed in Dayton, Ohio.
July 10, 1941	Texas newspaper publishes anonymous letter from founding member of Texas AA Group. (Larry J)
July 11, 1960	Time published article called “Passionately Anonymous” on the 25th Convention.
July 14, 1939	Dr Tiebout gives Big Book to Marty M. who promptly throws it back at him.
July 15 1938	1st documented use name Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A. archives letter Bill to Willard Richardson.
July 16, 1965	Frank Amos, AA Non-Alcoholic Trustee, dies.
July 18 1938	In letter to Dr. Richards at Johns Hopkins, Bill used Alcoholics Anonymous as working title for Big Book & name for the fellowship.
July 20, 1941	First AA group formed in Seattle, Washington.
July 22, 1877	William Duncan Silkworth born in Brooklyn, NY.
July 22, 1980	Marty M. early AA woman and founder of NCADD dies.
July 23, 1940	Philly AA’s send 10% of kitty to Alcoholic Foundation, sets precedent.
July 23, 1943	New Haven CT Register reports arrival of AA’s to study with E M Jellinek.
July 24, 1943	L.A. press reports formation of all-Mexican AA Group.
July 28-30, 1950	First AA International Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio. Twelve Traditions adopted. Dr. Bob made last appearance at large AA gathering.
July 31, 1972	Rollie H dies sober in Washington DC.

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June History

June 1, 1949	Anne Smith, Dr. Bob’s wife, died.
June 4, 2002	Caroline Knapp, author of “Drinking: A Love Story” died sober of lung cancer.
June 5, 1940	Ebby Thatcher took a job at the NY Worlds Fair.
June 6, 1940	The first AA Group in Richmond, VA, was formed.
June 1979	AA gave the two-millionth copy of the Big Book to Joseph Califano, then Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. It was presented by Lois Wilson, Bill’s wife, in New York.
June 7, 1939	Bill and Lois Wilson had an argument, the first of two times Bill almost slipped.
June 1941	The first AA Group in St. Paul, Minnesota, was formed.
June 8, 1941	Three AA’s started a group in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
June 10, 1935	The date that is celebrated as Dr. Bob’s last drink and the official founding date of AA. There is some evidence that the founders, in trying to reconstruct the history, got the date wrong and it was actually June 17.
June 11, 1945	Twenty-five hundred attend AA’s 10th Anniversary in Cleveland, Ohio.
June 1969	Dr. Bob’s granddaughter, Bonna, daughter of Sue Smith and Ernie Galbraith (The Seven Month Slip in the First Edition) killed herself after first killing her six-year-old child.
June 1971	Ernie Galbraith died.
June 13, 1945	Morgan R. gave a radio appearance for AA with large audience. He was kept under surveillance to make sure he didn’t drink.
June 15, 1940	First AA Group in Baltimore, MD, was formed.
June 16, 1938	Jim Burwell, “The Vicious Cycle” in Big Book, had his last drink.
June 17, 1942	New York AA groups sponsored the first annual NY area meeting. Four hundred and twenty-four heard Dr. Silkworth and AA speakers.
June 18, 1940	One hundred attended the first meeting in the first AA clubhouse at 334-1/2 West 24th St., New York City.
June 19, 1942	Columnist Earl Wilson reported that NYC Police Chief Valentine sent six policemen to AA and they sobered up. “There are fewer suicides in my files,” he commented.
June 21, 1944	The first Issue of the AA Grapevine was published.
June 24, 1938	Two Rockefeller associates told the press about the Big Book “Not to bear any author’s name but to be by ‘Alcoholics Anonymous.'”
June 25, 1939	The New York Times reviewer wrote that the Big Book is “more soundly based psychologically than any other treatment I have ever come upon.”
June 26, 1935	Bill Dotson. (AA #3) entered Akron’s City Hospital for his last detox and his first day of sobriety.
June 28, 1935	Dr. Bob and Bill Wilson visited Bill Dotson at Akron’s City Hospital.
June 30, 1941	Ruth Hock showed Bill Wilson the Serenity Prayer and it was adopted readily by AA.
June 2000	More than 47,000 from 87 countries attended the opening meeting of the 65th AA Anniversary in Minneapolis, MN.
Other significant events in June for which we have no specific date:
June 1948	A subscription to the AA Grapevine was donated to the Beloit, Wisconsin, Public Library by a local AA member.
June 1981	AA in Switzerland held its 25th Anniversary Convention with Lois Wilson and Nell Wing in attendance.

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May History

March-May 1938	Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous.
May 1939	Lois W Home Replacement Fund started at Alcoholic Foundation.
May 1949	The first AA meetings in Scotland were held in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
May 1950	Nell Wing became Bill W’s secretary.
May 1951	Al-Anon is founded by Lois W. and Anne B.
May 1, 1939	Bank forecloses on 182 Clinton Street. (sometimes reported as April 26, 1939)
May 1, 1940	Rollie H, Cleveland Indians, first anonymity break on national level.
May 1, 1941	The first Wisconsin AA meeting was held at a hotel in Milwaukee.
May 2, 1941	Jacksonville, FL newspaper reported the start of an AA group in Jacksonville.
May 3, 1941	The first AA group in New Orleans, Louisiana, was formed. (sometimes dated as May 2, 1943)
May 3, 1941	Democrat Chronicle in Rochester, NY, reported first annual AA dinner at Seneca hotel with 60 attending.
May 4, 1940	Sunday Star reported founding of first AA group in Washington, DC.
May 6, 1939	Clarence S of Cleveland told Dr. Bob, his sponsor, he would not be back to Oxford Group meetings in Akron and would start an “AA” meeting in Cleveland.
May 6, 1946	The long form of the “Twelve Traditions” was published in the AA Grapevine.
May 8, 1943	Akron AA Group celebrates 8th anniversary with 500 present and sober.
May 8, 1971	Bill W buried in private ceremony, East Dorset, Vermont.
May 10, 1939	Clarence S announced to the Akron Oxford Group members that the Cleveland members were starting a meeting in Cleveland and calling it Alcoholics Anonymous.
May 11, 1935	Bill W made calls from the Mayflower Hotel and was referred to Dr. Bob.
May 11, 1939	first group to officially call itself Alcoholics Anonymous met at Abby G’s house in Cleveland. (some sources say the 18th)
May 12, 1935 @ 5 pm	Bill W met Doctor Bob at the home of Henrietta Seiberling.
May 15, 1961	Bill W’s mother, Dr Emily Strobell, died.
May 16, 1941	Ruth Hock finds that Joe W. (or V.), credited with coming up with the name Alcoholics Anonymous, has a “wet brain”.
May 17, 1942	The Dayton Journal Herald published pictures of AA members wearing masks to protect their anonymity.
May 17, 1942	New Haven, Conn paper has article on AA. Picture shows faces of members sitting in a circle.
May 18, 1950	Dr. Bob tells Bill “I reckon we ought to be buried like other folks” after hearing that local AA’s want a huge memorial.
May 19, 2000	Dr. Paul O., Big Book story “Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict” (renamed “Acceptance Was the Answer” in the 4th edition) died at the age of 83.
May 28, 1974	The first World Service Meeting of AA outside North America was held in London.
May 29, 1980	“Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers” was published.

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April History

April 1935	Dr. Silkworth told Bill to quit preaching at drunks & tell them of obsession & allergy.
April 1950	Saturday Evening Post article “The Drunkard’s Best Friend” by Jack Alexander.
April 1958	The word “honest” dropped from AA Preamble, “an honest desire to stop drinking”.
April 1966	Change in ratio of trustees of the General Service Board; now two thirds (majority) are alcoholic.
April 1970	GSO moved to 468 Park Ave. South, NYC.
April 1, 1939	Publication date of Alcoholics Anonymous, AA’s Big Book.
April 1, 1940	Larry J. of Houston, wrote “The Texas Prayer”, used to open AA meetings in Texas.
April 1, 1966	Sister Ignatia died.
April 2, 1966	Harry Tiebout, M.D. died.
April 3, 1941	First AA meeting held in Florida.
April 3, 1960	Fr. Ed Dowling, S.J., died. He was Bill W’s “spiritual sponsor.”
April 7, 1941	Ruth Hock reported there were 1,500 letters asking for help as a result of the Saturday Evening Post Article by Jack Alexander.
April 10, 1939	The first ten copies of the Big Book arrived at the office Bill and Hank P shared.
April 11, 1938	The Alcoholic Foundation formed as a trusteeship for A.A. (sometimes reported as May 1938)
April 11, 1941	Bill and Lois finally found a home, Stepping Stones in New Bedford.
April 16, 1940	A sober Rollie H. catches the only opening day no-hitter in baseball history since 1909.
April 16, 1973	Dr. Jack Norris presented President Nixon with the one millionth copy of the Big Book.
April 19, 1940	The first AA group in Little Rock, Arkansas, was formed. First ‘mail order’ group.
April 19, 1941	The first AA group in the State of Washington was formed in Seattle.
April 22, 1940	Bill and Hank transfer their Works Publishing stock to the Alcoholic Foundation.
April 23, 1940	Dr. Bob wrote the Trustees to refuse Big Book royalties, but Bill W insisted that Dr. Bob and Anne receive them.
April 24, 1940	The first AA pamphlet, “AA”, was published.
April 24, 1989	Dr. Leonard Strong died.
April 25, 1939	Morgan R interviewed on Gabriel Heatter radio show.
April 25, 1951	AA’s first General Service Conference was held.
April 26 or May 1, 1939	Bank forecloses on 182 Clinton Street.
April 30, 1989	Film “My Name is Bill W.” a Hallmark presentation was broadcast on ABC TV.

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March History

March 1936	AA had 10 members staying sober. At end of 1936 A.A. had 15 members.
March-May 1938	Bill begins writing the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Works Publishing Inc established to support writing and printing of the book.
March 1940	Mort J. came to LA from Denver; started custom of reading Chapter 5 Big Book at Cecil group.
March 1941	Second printing of Big Book.
March 1941	1st Prison AA Group formed at San Quentin.
March 1946	The March of Time film is produced by NY AA office.
March 1949	Dr. Bob considers idea of AA conference premature.
March 1951	American Weekly publishes memorial article for Dr. Bob.
March 1, 1939	Readers Digest fails to write article on AA.
March 1, 1941	Jack Alexander’s Saturday Evening Post article published and membership jumped from 2,000 to 8,000 by years end.
March 3 1947	Nell Wing started work at Alcoholic Foundation 415 Lexington Avenue.
March 4, 1891	Lois W is born.
March 5, 1945	Time Magazine reports Detroit radio broadcasts of AA members.
March 7, 1940	Bill and Lois visited the Philadelphia AA group.
March 7, 1941	Boston newspaper reported that any drunk who wanted to get well was more than welcome at the AA meeting at 115 Newbury St., at 8 PM Wednesdays.
March 9, 1941	Wichita Beacon reports AA member from NY who wants to form a group in Wichita.
March 10, 1944	New York Intergroup was established.
March 11, 1949	The Calix Society, an association of Roman Catholic alcoholics who are maintaining their sobriety through participation in Alcoholics Anonymous, was formed in Minneapolis by five Catholic AA members.
March 14,	South Orange, NJ, AA group held an anniversary dinner with Bill W as guest speaker
March 15, 1941	1st AA group formed in New Haven, Connecticut. Not reported in paper until Oct 1, 1941.
March 16, 1940	Alcoholic Foundation & Works Publishing move from Newark to 30 Vesey St in lower Manhattan – first headquarters of our own.
March 21, 1881	Anne R, Dr Bob’s wife, is born.
March 21 1966	Ebby dies.
March 22, 1951	Dr William Duncan Silkworth dies at Towns Hospital.
March 22, 1984	Clarence S, “Home Brewmeister”, dies.
March 23, 1936	Bill & Lois visit Fitz M, “Our Southern Friend”, in Maryland.
March 25, 1898	Jim B (“The Vicious Cycle”) was born.
March 29, 1943	The Charleston Mail, WV, reported on Bill W’s talk at St. John’s Parish House.
March 31, 1947	1st AA group formed in London, England.

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February History

Feb 1908	Bill made boomerang.
Feb 1916	Hazing incident Norwich University, Bill & sophomore class suspended
Feb 1938	Rockefeller gives $5,000 to AA. Saves AA from professionalization.
Feb 1939	Dr Harry Tiebout, 1st Psychiatrist to endorse AA and use it in his practice.
Feb 1939	Dr Howard of Montclair, NJ suggests swapping “you musts” for “we ought” in the Big Book.
Feb 1940	1st AA clubhouse opens at 334-1/2 West 24th Street, NYC.
Feb 1951	Fortune magazine article about AA. New York reprints in pamphlet form for many years.
Feb 1963	Harpers carries article critical of AA.
Feb 1981	1st issue of “Markings” AA Archives Newsletter is published.
Feb 1 or 2, 1942	Ruth Hock, AA’s 1st paid secretary, resigns to get married.
Feb 8, 1940	Rockefeller dinner.
Feb 8, 1940	Houston Press ran first of 6 anonymous articles on AA by Larry J.
Feb 9, 2002	Sue Smith Windows, Dr Bob’s daughter died.
Feb 11, 1937	First New Jersey meeting was held at the home of Hank P (“The Unbeliever” in the 1st edition). Some sources report this as happening Feb 13, 1937
Feb 11, 1938	Clarence S. (“Home Brewmeister” 1st-3rd edition) sobriety date.
Feb 14, 1971	AA groups worldwide hold memorial service for Bill W.
Feb 14, 2000	William Y., “California Bill” dies in Winston Salem, NC.
Feb 15, 1918	Sue Smith Windows, Dr. Bob’s adopted daughter, was born.
Feb 15, 1941	Baltimore Sunday Sun reported that the city’s first AA group, begun in June 1940, had grown from 3 to 40 members.
Feb 17,	Jim B contacted Charlie B, whom he had met once, some two years before, at a New York AA meeting.
Feb 18, 1943	During gas rationing in WWII, AA’s are granted the right to use cars for 12th step work in emergency cases.
Feb 19, 1967	Father “John Doe” (Ralph P), 1st Catholic Priest in AA dies.
Feb 20, 1941	The Toledo Blade published first of three articles on AA by Seymour Rothman.
Feb 23, 1959	AA granted “Recording for the Blind” permission to tape the Big Book.
Feb 28, 1940	First organization meeting of Philadelphia AA was held at McCready Huston’s room at 2209 Delancy Street.

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December History

Dec 1934	Bill & Lois start attending Oxford Group meetings.
Dec 1934 to May 1935	Bill works with alcoholics, but fails to sober any of them. Lois reminds him HE is sober.
Dec 1938	Twelve Steps written.
Nov/Dec 1939	Akron group withdrawals from association with Oxford Group. Meetings moved from T Henry & Clarence Williams to Dr Bob and other member?s homes.
Dec 1939	First AA group in mental institution, Rockland State Hospital, NY.
Dec 1939	1st home meeting in Los Angeles at Kaye M.’s house.
Dec 1939	Matt Talbot Club has 88 members, uses wagons to collect old furniture to recondition & sell, not A.A., used A.A. program, material, marked 1st effort reach alcoholics outside married middle-class category.
Dec 1940	1st AA group formed in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dec 1940	Group started Ashtabula, Ohio due to Plain Dealer articles. A.A. Cleveland has about 30 groups.
Dec 1948	Dr. Bob’s last major talk, in Detroit.
Dec 1950	Grapevine article signed by both Bill and Dr Bob recommend establishing AA General Service Conference.
Dec 1955	‘Man on the Bed’ painting by Robert M. first appeared in Grapevine. Painting originally called ‘Came to Believe’
Dec 1982	Nell Wing retires from GSO after 35 years of service.
Dec 1, 1940	Chicago Daily Tribune begins a series of articles on AA by Nall Hamilton.
Dec 5, 1985	Dave B, founder of Montreal Group dies weeks before 50th anniversary. His story added to the 4th Edition Big Book.
Dec 6, 1939	Bert the Tailor lends Works Publishing $1000.
Dec 6, 1979	Akron Beacon reports death of Henrietta Sieberling.
Dec 7, 1949	Sister Ignatia received Poverello Medal on behalf of A.A.
Dec 10, 1975	Birds of a Feather AA group for pilots is formed.
Dec 11, 1934	Bill admitted to Towns Hosp 4th/last time (fall ’33, ’34 in summer, midsummer and final admittance).
Dec 11, 1941	Dallas Morning News reports 1st AA group formed in Dallas.
Dec 12, 1934	Bill has Spiritual Experience at Towns Hospital.
Dec 12, 1937	Bill meets with Rockefeller Foundation and tries to get money.
Dec 13, 1937	Rockland State Mental Hospital takes patients to meeting in New Jersey.
Dec 13 or 14, 1934	Ebby visited Bill at hospital, brought William James’s book, “Varieties of Religious Experience”.
Dec 19, 1939	Los Angeles hold their 1st AA meeting there.
Dec 20, 1945	Rowland H dies (he carried the Oxford Group message to Ebby).
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