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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.
Multiple significant traditional events are broadcast on television and radio on 31 December. This includes, but is not limited to: The monarch's New Year message from Amalienborg Palace [ 65 ] at 18:00 and the Town Hall Clock in Copenhagen striking midnight.
Among the Western churches, the feast day is held on the anniversary of Saint Sylvester's death, 31 December, a date that, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, has coincided with New Year's Eve. For these Christian denominations, Saint Sylvester's Day liturgically marks the seventh day of Christmastide. [2]
The idea started as a way to remember historical events and significant people and has grown to include all kinds of topics. ... December 31. Make Up Your Mind Day. National Champagne Day. New ...
1994 - Two timezones of Kiribati moved west of the International Date Line, causing them to skip December 31. claim not cited 1999 – Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States, in accordance with the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties, concluding a 20-year transition period. unreferenced section; indiscriminate list
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Red Sea crisis. Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou. Ten Houthi militants are killed during an engagement between four Houthi boats and United States Navy helicopters defending the cargo ship Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea.
The patient is a 23-year-old woman who travelled from the United Kingdom to Shanghai on December 14 and later tested positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Indonesia receives their second shipment of 1.8 million doses of CoronaVac from Sinovac. (Jakarta Globe)
Over the next few hours and into December 31, these storms would intensify as they moved into southwestern Missouri, producing four tornadoes. [12] The first tornado watch issued in association with the severe event was issued at 07:06 UTC on December 31 as these storms tracked across the Ozarks. [13]