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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.
2009 – A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan. 2013 – More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
December 31, 1763 - April 22, 1806 Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French admiral who commanded the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805). Belonging to a noble family, he entered the French Royal Navy...
Births. 1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557); 1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) (pictured); 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor; 1943 - John Denver, American musician (d.
Jan 1, 2015 · Historical events for the 31st of December. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on December 31.
December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December’s name derives from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, which began in March.
Discover what happened on December 31 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
