December 31st, 2047

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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Birthdays and future age on December 31st, 2047

102

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

55

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

110

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

73

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

81

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

94

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

112

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

89

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

75

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

62

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

104

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

106

Alex Ferguson

Scottish association football manager and player (born 1941)

*December 31st, 1941, Govan

68

Steve Byers

Canadian actor

*December 31st, 1979, Scarborough

93

Christine Scheiblich

East German rower

*December 31st, 1954, Wilsdruff

69

Johnny Sins

American pornographic actor, and YouTuber

*December 31st, 1978, Pittsburgh

73

Mario Aerts

Belgian cyclist

*December 31st, 1974, Herentals

82

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress

*December 31st, 1965, Shenyang

88

Val Kilmer

American actor (born 1959)

*December 31st, 1959, Los Angeles

70

Psy

South Korean singer (born 1977)

*December 31st, 1977, Gangnam District

93

Alex Salmond

First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014

*December 31st, 1954, Linlithgow

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