466 Historic Events for December 31
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| 1942 |
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Potatoes rationed in Holland
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Andy Summers, Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Ben Kingsley, Scarborough England, actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice)
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| 1943 |
Event |
NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Pete Qualfe, rocker
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| 1943 |
Birth |
John Denver, NM, singer (Rocky Mt High), thank God he's a country boy
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| 1944 |
Event |
Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Taylor Hackford, director (Devil's Advocate)
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| 1944 |
Event |
48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Claude D Marks, Buenos Aires Argent, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
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| 1945 |
Death |
Donald Douglas II, dies at 40
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| 1945 |
Event |
Ratification of UN Charter completed
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| 1945 |
Event |
Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA v Aust Services
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Taylor Hackford, director (Idolmaker, Officer and a Gentleman)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Barbara Carrera, Managua Nicaragua, actress (Angelica-Dallas)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Patti Smith, Chicago Il, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Diane von FÂrstenberg, Brussels Belgiums, fashion designer
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| 1946 |
Death |
Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89
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| 1946 |
Event |
French troops leave Lebanon
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| 1946 |
Event |
Pres Truman officially proclaims end of WW II
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Tim Matheson, Calif, actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek)
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Burton Cummings, rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes)
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| 1947 |
Death |
Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79
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| 1948 |
Event |
Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike
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| 1948 |
Death |
Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63
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