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31st December |
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Born on this day
1720 Charles Edward Stuart 1738 Charles Cornwallis 1869 Henri Matisse 1877 Lawrence Beesley 1897 Rhys Williams 1905 Jule Styne 1912 Maj-Gen John Frost 1917 Wilfrid Noyce 1943 John Denver 1937 Sir Anthony Hopkins 1941 Sarah Miles 1941 Sir Alex Ferguson 1942 Andy Summers 1943 Sir Ben Kingsley 1943 Pete Quaife 1948 Donna Summer 1959 Val Kilmer 1960 Steve Bruce 1962 Heather McCartney 1965 Tony Dorigo Music 1960 The Miracles gave Tamla Motwon their first major hit when their 'Shop Around' the US Top 40 1966 Soul Music reached a peak in the UK with 7 records in the Top 30 1984 Rick Allen, drummer with Def Leppard, was badly injured in the car crash which left him having to have his left arm amputated Sport 1964 Donald Campbell achived a new world water speed record of 276.33mph 1997 Legendary footballer Tom Finney became the 3rd footballer to be knighted People & Showbiz 1913 Leonardo da Vinci's masterpice the Mona Lisa was returned to the Louvre from where it had been stolen 2 years earlier 1923 The chimes of Big Ben were broadcast for the first time 1996 Paul McCartney became Sir Paul McCartney in the New Years Honours List General Events 1600 The British East India Company is chartered. 1660 James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France. 1695 The window tax was imposed in Britain, resulting in many windows being bricked up 1759 Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. 1857 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, as the capital of Canada 1917 Sugar was rationed in Britain as a result of shortages during World War I, the first time food rationing had been imposed on a national scale 1923 The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC 1927 Severe weather in the UK resulted in food supplies being air-dropped into many villages cut off by snow 1938 The Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first aircraft with a pressurised passenger cabin, took its first flight in the US 1938 The breath test known as the 'drunkometer' was officially introduced by the Indianapolis Police Dept, USA 1945 The Home Guard was disbanded 1960 The last National Servicemen received their call-up cards before the termination of National Service 1960 The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender 1973 The 3 day working week was introduced in Britain to conserve fuel during the miner's strike 1984 The halfpenny coin ceased to be legal tender after 704 years of use. It was among one of the smallest coins issued in the UK since the Dark Ages 1987 Robert Mugabe assumes office as President of Zimbabwe 1998 The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency |
