On this day in History - 31st December

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31st December - New Year's Eve

Born on this day

1738 Charles Cornwallis
1869 Henri Matisse
1897 Rhys Williams
1943 John Denver
1937 Sir Anthony Hopkins
1941 Sarah Miles
1941 Sir Alex Ferguson
1942 Andy Summers
1943 Sir Ben Kingsley
1948 Donna Summer
1959 Val Kilmer
1960 Steve Bruce

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
1695 The window tax was imposed in Britain, resulting in many windows being bricked up

1857 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, as the capital of Canada

1904 The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York
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
1991 It was reported that 48,000 British companies had collapsed during 1991

1998 The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency

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