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December 31. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [ 1] New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the ...
2017 (Sunday) 2016 (Friday) 2015 (Thursday) January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years ). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year.
December 30 is the 364th day of the year ... 400 people from four villages are killed. ... German-born American-British actress (b. 1910) 2015 – Doug Atkins, ...
Dido, b. 1971. English singer Dido was born on Dec. 25, but like many other Christmas babies whose parents want them to have a proper birthday, she celebrates the occasion on June 25. She rose to ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. [4] [5] [6]The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.
Dick Dowling (1838–1867), commander at Sabine Pass and famous Houstonian; John "Rip" Ford (1815–1897), Texas Rangers legend and commander at Battle of Palmito Ranch; Milton M. Holland (1844–1910), Union soldier, won Medal of Honor; John Bell Hood (1831–1879), commander of Hood's Texas Brigade and Confederate general
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2020 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.