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Events on the 31st of December in history

Events
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31 Dec 0335 St Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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31 Dec 0406 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz
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31 Dec 0765 Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China
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31 Dec 0870 Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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31 Dec 1492 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
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31 Dec 1502 Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino
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31 Dec 1564 Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion
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31 Dec 1600 British East India Company chartered
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31 Dec 1604 Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam
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31 Dec 1621 Hungarian King Bethlen G
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31 Dec 1669 France & Brandenburg sign secret treaty
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31 Dec 1670 France & England sign Boyne-treaty
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31 Dec 1680 Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens
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31 Dec 1687 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope
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31 Dec 1688 Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham
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31 Dec 1700 Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701
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31 Dec 1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge
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31 Dec 1711 Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander
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31 Dec 1744 James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's motion of nutation (wobble)
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31 Dec 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk
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31 Dec 1756 Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles
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31 Dec 1758 British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal
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31 Dec 1762 Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg
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31 Dec 1775 Battle of Qu
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31 Dec 1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
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31 Dec 1776 Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70
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31 Dec 1779 English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels
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31 Dec 1781 Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens
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31 Dec 1783 Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states
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31 Dec 1805 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism
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31 Dec 1841 Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons
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31 Dec 1852 Future President & Mrs Rutherford B Hayes marry
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31 Dec 1857 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada
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31 Dec 1859 Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves
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31 Dec 1861 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record
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31 Dec 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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31 Dec 1862 Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee
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31 Dec 1862 Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
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31 Dec 1862 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union
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31 Dec 1862 Battle of Stone's River TN (Stone River, Murfreesboro)
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31 Dec 1862 Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sinks off Cape Hatteras NC
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31 Dec 1870 J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)
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31 Dec 1879 Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC)
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31 Dec 1879 Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
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31 Dec 1879 Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
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31 Dec 1879 Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" premieres in New York NY
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31 Dec 1890 Ellis Island (New York NY) opens as a US immigration depot
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31 Dec 1896 25th auto built in US
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31 Dec 1897 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898)
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31 Dec 1902 Boers & British army sign peace treaty
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31 Dec 1906 French / British / Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia
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31 Dec 1907 For the 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal the new year
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31 Dec 1907 G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera
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31 Dec 1911 Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize
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31 Dec 1914 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000
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31 Dec 1917 Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members
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31 Dec 1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager
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31 Dec 1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inning, vs England at MCG
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31 Dec 1921 Last San Francisco firehorses retired
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31 Dec 1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
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31 Dec 1923 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
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31 Dec 1923 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots" premieres in New York NY
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31 Dec 1924 Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies
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31 Dec 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of distant galactic systems
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31 Dec 1925 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry
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31 Dec 1927 Ponsford scores 336 against South Africa, giving him 1146 for month
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31 Dec 1929 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri
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31 Dec 1930 Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages
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31 Dec 1930 US tobacco industry produced 123 billion cigarettes in 1930
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31 Dec 1932 John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York NY
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31 Dec 1934 Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
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31 Dec 1935 Charles Darrow patents Monopoly
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31 Dec 1935 CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party
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31 Dec 1938 Dr R N Harger's "drunkometer", 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana
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31 Dec 1939 Dutch national debt hits
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31 Dec 1941 Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young
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31 Dec 1942 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton)
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31 Dec 1942 Battle in Barents Sea
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31 Dec 1942 Potatoes rationed in Holland
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31 Dec 1943 NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater
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31 Dec 1944 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah
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31 Dec 1944 Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab
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31 Dec 1945 Ratification of the UN Charter completed
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31 Dec 1945 Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, South Africa vs Australia Services
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31 Dec 1946 French troops leave Lebanon
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31 Dec 1946 President Truman officially proclaims end of WWII
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31 Dec 1948 Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike
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31 Dec 1949 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia
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31 Dec 1950 Jockeys Willie Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
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31 Dec 1951 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced
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31 Dec 1953 Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president
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31 Dec 1953 Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year
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31 Dec 1953 WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in Greenville-Spartanburg SC (NBC) begins
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31 Dec 1955 "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 60 performances
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31 Dec 1957 AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy
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31 Dec 1958 International Geophyscial Year ends
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31 Dec 1958 Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X
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31 Dec 1958 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2)
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31 Dec 1958 Cuban dictator Batista flees
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31 Dec 1961 "lrma La Douce" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 527 performances
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31 Dec 1961 1st performance of the Beach Boys
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31 Dec 1961 Green Bay Packers shutout New York Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game
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31 Dec 1961 Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion
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31 Dec 1961 Beach Boys play their debut gig under that name
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31 Dec 1961 Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon
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31 Dec 1962 "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn
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31 Dec 1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation
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31 Dec 1962 Katanga becomes part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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31 Dec 1962 Dutch leave New Guinea
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31 Dec 1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 years
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31 Dec 1963 Chicago Bears win NFL championship
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31 Dec 1963 Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
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31 Dec 1963 Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir played music together for the 1st time
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31 Dec 1964 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)
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31 Dec 1964 Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN
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31 Dec 1966 Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 & stays there for 7 weeks
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31 Dec 1966 Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting
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31 Dec 1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs West Indies Calcutta, 2-92
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31 Dec 1966 Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks
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31 Dec 1967 "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 80 performances
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31 Dec 1967 Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game
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31 Dec 1967 Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13
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31 Dec 1967 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118
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31 Dec 1968 1st test flight of Tupolev TU 144
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31 Dec 1968 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian Tupolev TU-144)
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31 Dec 1968 New York Jets win AFL championship
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31 Dec 1969 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under Major Ngouabi
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31 Dec 1970 Congress authorizes the Eisenhower dollar coin
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31 Dec 1970 Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles
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31 Dec 1970 President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines
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31 Dec 1970 Would have been start of Australia/England Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
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31 Dec 1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
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31 Dec 1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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31 Dec 1972 Leap second day; also in 1973-79, 1987, 1998
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31 Dec 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship game
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31 Dec 1972 Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship game
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31 Dec 1972 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0
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31 Dec 1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23
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31 Dec 1973 61st Australian Men's Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61)
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31 Dec 1973 Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year
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31 Dec 1974 New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million
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31 Dec 1974 Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panam
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31 Dec 1974 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10
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31 Dec 1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs record $3.75 million 5 year New York Yankee contract
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31 Dec 1974 Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac
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31 Dec 1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer
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31 Dec 1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6
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31 Dec 1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run
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31 Dec 1976 The Cars play their 1st gig
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31 Dec 1977 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 766 performances
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31 Dec 1977 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 124 performances
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31 Dec 1977 WFAT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
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31 Dec 1977 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa
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31 Dec 1977 Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado
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31 Dec 1977 Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait
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31 Dec 1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam
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31 Dec 1978 "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 1859 performances
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31 Dec 1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with the US
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31 Dec 1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy
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31 Dec 1978 Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier
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31 Dec 1979 Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts
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31 Dec 1980 A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18
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31 Dec 1980 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
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31 Dec 1980 Senegal President Leopold Senghor resigns
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31 Dec 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution
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31 Dec 1981 CNN Headline News debuts
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31 Dec 1981 Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings stages coup in Ghana, suspends constitution
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31 Dec 1981 Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000
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31 Dec 1982 TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run
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31 Dec 1982 TV soap "The Doctors" ends 19 year run
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31 Dec 1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
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31 Dec 1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features
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31 Dec 1983 Jose Happart installed as Mayor of Voeren Belgium
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31 Dec 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
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31 Dec 1983 Jos
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31 Dec 1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup
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31 Dec 1984 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire
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31 Dec 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira
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31 Dec 1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash
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31 Dec 1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs England at Calcutta
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31 Dec 1984 US leaves UNESCO
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31 Dec 1985 King Hussein of Jordan and President Assad hold talks
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31 Dec 1986 Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound
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31 Dec 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97
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31 Dec 1986 WIS-AM in Columbia SC changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG)
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31 Dec 1989 "Me & My Girl" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 1420 performances
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31 Dec 1989 "Threepenny Opera" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
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31 Dec 1989 Actress Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) weds Joe Petruzzi
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31 Dec 1989 Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles
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31 Dec 1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year
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31 Dec 1990 Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds
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31 Dec 1990 The Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
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31 Dec 1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace
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31 Dec 1991 CPN, Communist Party of the Netherlands, last day of existance
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31 Dec 1991 Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83
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31 Dec 1991 Daniel R McCarthy elected New York Yankee managing general partner
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31 Dec 1991 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner
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31 Dec 1991 USSR, last day of existence
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31 Dec 1992 Target date for Europe's single market
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31 Dec 1992 WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry
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31 Dec 1993 "Loveboat" actress Jill Whelan (27) weds Brad St John (33)
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31 Dec 1993 Barbra Streisand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years
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31 Dec 1994 1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland
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31 Dec 1994 Anti Apartheid Group of the Netherlands (AABN) disbands
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31 Dec 1995 "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon, New York City
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31 Dec 1995 "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 308 performances
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31 Dec 1995 "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 14 performances
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31 Dec 1995 "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 48 performances
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31 Dec 1995 "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 71 performances
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31 Dec 1995 Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip
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31 Dec 1995 "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon NYC
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31 Dec 1995 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas
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31 Dec 1995 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria
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31 Dec 1997 South African and US surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head
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31 Dec 1997 Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268
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31 Dec 1997 Marv Levy retires as coach of Buffalo Bills
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31 Dec 1997 Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service
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31 Dec 1997 More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809
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31 Dec 1997 Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba
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31 Dec 1998 US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year
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31 Dec 1999 Control of Panam
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