Top Historical Events That Happened on December 31 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1966  Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks.   

1966  Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting.   

1966  Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75.   

1967  Arthur Mailey, cricketer (10-66 and Aust v Gloucestershire 1921), dies   

1968  inaugural supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)   

1968  Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85   

1969  Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69   

1970  Congress authorizes the Eisenhower dollar coin.   

1970  Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles   

1970  Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91.   

1971  Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31   

1972  Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38   

1974  Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin   

1975  Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47.   

1976  TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run.   

1977  Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa   

1977  Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado.   

1977  Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov and JJ), dies at 62   

1978  Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with the US.   

1979  Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts.   

1980  A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18.   

1980  Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies.   

1981  Lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana.   

1981  Frantisek Chaun, composer, dies at 60   

1982  TV soap "The Doctors" ends 19 year run   

1983  Brunei gains complete independence from Britain   

1983  Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 and 0-14), dies.   

1984  NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH   

1984  Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira.   

1985  King Hussein of Jordan and President Assid hold talks   

1985  Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies   

1986  Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico results in the deaths of 97.   

1989  The last part of the railway on Prince Edward Island, operated by CN Rail, is abandoned   

1990  Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds   

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