Page 6: Historical Events In December - 31

1939  25 U boats sunk this month (81000 ton).   

1940  37 U boats sunk this month (213000 ton)   

1941  Admiral Chester W. Nimitz assumes command of U.S. Pacific Fleet.   

1941  Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young   

1941  Sigwart Aspestrand, composer, dies at 85.   

1942  Commissioning of USS Essex (CV-9), inaugural of new class of aircraft carriers, at Norfolk, VA   

1942  60 U boats sunk this month (330000 ton).   

1943  NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater.   

1943  Ben Kingsley, British actor is born.   

1943  NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater.   

1944  48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah   

1945  Ratification of UN Charter completed   

1945  Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA v Aust Services   

1945  Donald Douglas II, dies at 40.   

1946  French troops leave Lebanon.   

1946  President Truman officially proclaims end of WW-II   

1946  Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89   

1947  Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79.   

1948  Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike   

1948  Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63.   

1949  18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia   

1950  In this year, Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 claims in a year.   

1950  Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83.   

1951  inaugural battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced   

1951  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat, dies at 75.   

1953  Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president   

1953  Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64.   

1954  Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75   

1958  International Geophyscial Year ends   

1958  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer, dies at 72   

1960  Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69.   

1961  inaugural performance of the Beach Boys   

1961  Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion.   

1962  Katanga is recorded as becoming part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   

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0695  Muhammad bin qasim: Syrian general   

1378  Callistus iii: [alfonso the borja], pope (1455-58)   

1378  Pope callixtus iii: Pope callixtus iii (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques cartier: French explorer   

1514  Andreas vesalius: Brussels belgium, anatomist (fabrica)   

1540  Silvio antoniano: Italian cardinal/theologist (tre libri)   

1572  Emperor go-yozei of japan:   

1668  Hermannus boerhaave: Dutch medical/botanist   

0192  Lucius aa commodus: Emperor of rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  St. silvester: Pope   

0406  Godagisel: King of the vandals,   

0439  Melania the younger: Roman monastery founder/saint,   

1164  Margrave ottokar iii of styria: Margrave ottokar iii of styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke leopold v of austria: Duke leopold v of austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  Death of Humphrey de bohun: 3rd earl of hereford, english soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Frederick iii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1238)