466 Historic Events for December 31
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| 1923 |
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H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in NYC
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| 1923 |
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BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
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| 1923 |
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1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
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| 1924 |
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Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948)
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| 1925 |
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14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry
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| 1927 |
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Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Dieter Noll, writer
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Ross Barbour, Columbus Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Veijo Meri, writer
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess (Open the Village)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Peter Barker Howard, cricketer
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| 1929 |
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Peter May, cricketer (dashing English batsman of 50's)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian
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| 1930 |
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US tobacco industry produced 123 billion cigarettes in 1930
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress
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| 1930 |
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Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author (Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
George Schlatter, TV producer (Laugh-in)
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| 1932 |
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John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of NYC
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| 1934 |
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Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport
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| 1935 |
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CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party
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