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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
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In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.
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Up to 1900
1. 192 - Narcissus murders Roman Emperor Commodus. 2. 406 - Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning the invasion of Gaul. 3. 1225 – The Ly Dynasty in Vietnam ends after 216 years, as Tran Thai Tong, still a boy, becomes Emperor. This is the beginning of the Tran Dynasty. 4. 1472 – The throwing of snowballs is banned in Amsterdam. 5. 1494 - First Italian War: Troops of King Charles VIII of France enter Rome. 6. 1600 – The British East India Companyis created. 7. 1660 - James II...
1901 – 2000
1. 1904 – What is now Times Square, New York, holds its first New Yearcelebration. 2. 1909 – The Manhattan Bridgeis opened. 3. 1917 - British troop transporter Osmanieh hits a mine laid by German U-boat UC 34 off Alexandria, Egypt, sinking with 99 deaths. 4. 1923 – The BBC broadcasts the chimes of Big Ben in Londonfor the first time. 5. 1929 - The Glen Cinema Disaster in Paisley, Scotland, kills 70 children. 6. 1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Germany. 7. 1946 – President of the U...
From 2001
1. 2004 – The Taipei 101 tower is opened in Taipei, Taiwan. 2. 2006 - The total of US troops killed in the Iraq Warreaches 3,000. 3. 2009 – In Espoo, Finland, Ibrahim Shkupolli shoots his former girlfriend dead, then shoots four people to death at a shopping mall before committing suicide. 4. 2009 – The Ignalina power station in Lithuaniais shut down. 5. 2014 - The first same-sex marriages in Scotlandtake place. 6. 2014 - US and UK forces withdraw from Afghanistan. 7. 2014 - Beji Caid Essebsi...
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1. 695 – Muhammad bin Qasim al-Thaqafi, founded Islam in South Asia (d. 715) 2. 1378 – Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458) 3. 1491 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) 4. 1499 - Diane de Poitiers (d. 1566) 5. 1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564) 6. 1572 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (d. 1617) 7. 1585 - Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, Spanish military leader and politician (d. 1645) 8. 1668 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738) 9. 1720 – Charles Edward Stuart,...
1901 – 1950
1. 1901 - Karl-August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1984) 2. 1903 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. 1992) 3. 1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (d. 1975) 4. 1905 - Jules Styne, American songwriter (d. 1994) 5. 1905 - Guido Mollet, Prime Minister of France (d. 1975) 6. 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005) 7. 1909 - Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000) 8. 1910 - Archie M. Gubbrud, Governor of South Dakota (d. 1987) 9. 1914 - Yrjö Nik...
1951 – 1975
1. 1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith) 2. 1954 – Alex Salmond, Scottish politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland 3. 1954 – Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit designer 4. 1954 – Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Icelandic politician 5. 1956 - Robert Goodwill, English politician 6. 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress 7. 1959 – Baron Waqa, Nauruan musician and politician, President of Nauru 8. 1959 – Val Kilmer, American actor 9. 1959 – Paul Westerberg, American musician 10. 196...
Up to 1900
1. 192 – Commodus, Roman Emperor (b. 161) 2. 335 – Saint Silvester, Popeand Saint whose day is marked on December 31 3. 669 - Li Shiji, Chinese chancellor (b. 594) 4. 1164 – Margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) 5. 1194 – Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) 6. 1302 - Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) 7. 1384 – John Wyclif, English theologian (b. 1328) 8. 1460 - Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (b. 1400) 9. 1510 – Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I,...
1901 – 2000
1. 1905 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859) 2. 1936 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer, philosopher (b. 1864) 3. 1948 – Malcolm Campbell, English Grand Prix race car driver (b. 1885) 4. 1950 – Karl Renner, President of Austria (b. 1870) 5. 1964 – Olafur Thors, five-time Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892) 6. 1964 – Bobby Byrne, American baseball player (b. 1884) 7. 1969 – George Lewis, jazz musician (b. 1900) 8. 1972 – Roberto Clemente, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1934) 9. 1972 - H...
From 2001
1. 2003 – Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born American scientist and professor at MIT (b. 1898) 2. 2004 – Gérard Debreu, French economist (b. 1921) 3. 2006 – Liese Prokop, Austrian politician (b. 1941) 4. 2007 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917) 5. 2008 – Donald E. Westlake, American writer (b. 1933) 6. 2009 - Rashidi Kawawa, former Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1926) 7. 2009 - Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and archbishop (b. 1917) 8. 2010 – Syd Ward, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1907) 9....
New Year's Eve, including Hogmanay (Scotland) and Calennig (Wales)St. Sylvester's DayŌmisoka (Japan)December 31 is followed by January 1 of the following year. December begins on the same day of the week as September every year, as each other's first days are exactly 13 weeks (91 days ) apart. December ends on the same day of the week as April every year, as each other's last days are exactly 35 weeks (245 days) apart.
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