Historical Events In December - 31

1917  Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members on December - 31.  

1918  Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager on December - 31.  

1919  On December - 31 tommy Byrne, American baseball player  

1920  Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG on this day in history.  

1920  Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1921  Last San Francisco firehorses retired on December - 31.  

1922  On December - 31 joan McCracken, Phila Pa, actress (Claudie Story of a Marriage)  

1923  On December - 31 first transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester  

1923  On this day in history the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC  

1923  1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester on December - 31.  

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1924  Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies on this day in history.  

1924  Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies on December - 31.  

1924  Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry  

1927  On this day in history ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month  

1927  Dieter Noll, writer on December - 31.  

1928  Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit) on this day in history.  

1929  On December - 31 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri  

1929  Mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess (Open the Village) on this day in history.  

1930  Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress  

1931  Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author (Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo) on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history john P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of NYC  

1932  George Schlatter, TV producer (Laugh-in) on this day in history.  

1934  Helen Richey becomes first woman to pilot an airmail transport on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport  

1934  On December - 31 akram Awan, Islamic scholar  

1935  CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party on this day in history.  

1935  Peter Allan, cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25) on December - 31.  

1936  On this day in history miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72  

1937  The birth of Anthony Hopkins, British actor on this day in history.  

1937  On December - 31 anthony Hopkins, Wales, actor (Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty)  

1938  Dr R N Harger's "drunkometer," 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana on December - 31.  

1938  On December - 31 atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater (world champ)  

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)  

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.  

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.  

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)  

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

1572  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)  

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.  

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.  

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.  

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.  

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56  

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)  

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)  

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)  

1302  On December - 31 death of frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)