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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.
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
December 31: Saint Sylvester's Day (Western Christianity) Painting of helicopter rescue efforts at the Dupont Plaza fire 1225 – Lý Chiêu Hoàng , the only empress regnant in Vietnamese history, married Trần Thái Tông to establish the Trần dynasty , with both the bride and groom aged seven.
Initially, the Defunctland YouTube series was meant to be a showcase for attractions that would be a part of a virtual theme park of the same name. Soon after starting the channel in 2017, Perjurer uploaded a video titled "Defunctland VR: The Sorcerer's Hat" to show off the initial prototype of the park.
The following events occurred in December 1931: . December 1, 1931: Soviet Union institutes new six-day week policy, allowing workers and children one day off (marked in blue) for every five days worked Hattie Caraway sworn into office as United States Senator for Arkansas, only the second woman to hold office in the U.S. Senate December 5, 1931: Soviet government tears down Moscow's Cathedral ...
John Hay (1838–1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. After graduation from Brown University in 1858, Hay read law in his uncle's office in Springfield, Illinois, adjacent to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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