December 31
What happened on this day:
1879 Thomas Edison first demonstrates incandescent light
1891 A new immigration depot is opened on Ellis Island, New York.
1904 The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square
1946 President Harry Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
1991 The Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
1995 The last strip of the popular comic Calvin and Hobbes is published.
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Famous Birthdays:
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1869 Henri Matisse (French painter)
1880 George C. Marshall (WWII General and author of Marshall Plan)
1939 Anthony Hopkins (Actor)
1943 Ben Kingsley (Actor)
1943 John Denver (Singer)
1947 Tim Matheson (Actor – The West Wing)
1959 Val Kilmer (Actor)
