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Gravdigr · 12-31-2016, 10:29 AM

December 31

Today is New Year's Eve.

Today is the first day of Hogmanay.

This is the last day of 2016.

Events

406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul.

1600 – The British East India Company is chartered.

1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.

1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.

1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

1796 – The incorporation of Baltimore, Maryland as a city.

1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.

1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

1878 – Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine.

1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan, with the ball drop.

1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.

1944 – World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.

1946 – President Harry S Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.

1951 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.

1955 – General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

1968 – The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport.

1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.

1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones.

1999 – The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.

1999 – The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).

2009 – Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.

2010 – A total of 36 tornadoes touch down in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

Births

1491 – Jacques Cartier; 1738 – Charles Cornwallis; 1860 – Joseph S. Cullinan (co-founded Texaco); 1869 – Henri Matisse

; 1878 – Elizabeth Arden; 1880 – George Marshall (Marshall Plan); 1884 – Bobby Byrne; 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal; 1920 – Rex Allen♪ ♫; 1930 – Odetta♪ ♫; 1937 – Anthony Hopkins; 1938 – Rosalind Cash♪ ♫; 1942 – Andy Summers

(The Police); 1943 – John Denver♪ ♫; 1943 – Ben Kingsley; 1944 – Taylor Hackford (director An Officer and a Gentleman); 1946 – Diane von Fürstenberg; 1947 – Tim Matheson; 1948 – Donna Summer♪ ♫; 1951 – Tom Hamilton

(Aerosmith); 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth

; 1959 – Val Kilmer; 1959 – Paul Westerberg♪ ♫; 1963 – Scott Ian

(Anthrax); 1964 – Michael McDonald (MadTV); 1965 – Nicholas Sparks; 1972 – Joey McIntyre♪ ♫(New Kids On The Block); 1974 – Tony Kanaan

Deaths

1948 – Malcolm Campbell

; 1964 – Bobby Byrne; 1972 – Roberto Clemente; 1980 – Raoul Walsh; 1985 – Ricky Nelson♪ ♫; 1994 – Woody Strode; 1997 – Floyd Cramer

; 2000 – Alan Cranston; 2001 – Eileen Heckart; 2013 – James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air); 2014 – Edward Herrmann; 2015 – Natalie Cole♪ ♫; 2015 – Wayne Rogers (M*A*S*H); 2015 – Beth Howland (waitress 'Vera' on Alice)

12-31-2016, 10:29 AM	#480
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	December 31 Today is New Year's Eve. Today is the first day of Hogmanay. *This is the last day of 2016.* Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. 1600 – The British East India Company is chartered. 1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France. 1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope. 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness. 1796 – The incorporation of Baltimore, Maryland as a city. 1857 – Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada. 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two. 1878 – Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine. 1907 – The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan, with the ball drop. 1944 – World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany. 1944 – World War II: Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins. 1946 – President Harry S Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II. 1951 – The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe. 1955 – General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year. 1968 – The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport. 1991 – All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved. 1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 1994 – This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones. 1999 – The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor. 1999 – The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties. 2004 – The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft). 2009 – Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur. 2010 – A total of 36 tornadoes touch down in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages. Births 1491 – Jacques Cartier; 1738 – Charles Cornwallis; 1860 – Joseph S. Cullinan (co-founded Texaco); 1869 – Henri Matisse; 1878 – Elizabeth Arden; 1880 – George Marshall (Marshall Plan); 1884 – Bobby Byrne; 1908 – Simon Wiesenthal; 1920 – Rex Allen♪ ♫; 1930 – Odetta♪ ♫; 1937 – Anthony Hopkins; 1938 – Rosalind Cash♪ ♫; 1942 – Andy Summers(The Police); 1943 – John Denver♪ ♫; 1943 – Ben Kingsley; 1944 – Taylor Hackford (director An Officer and a Gentleman); 1946 – Diane von Fürstenberg; 1947 – Tim Matheson; 1948 – Donna Summer♪ ♫; 1951 – Tom Hamilton(Aerosmith); 1958 – Bebe Neuwirth; 1959 – Val Kilmer; 1959 – Paul Westerberg♪ ♫; 1963 – Scott Ian(Anthrax); 1964 – Michael McDonald (MadTV); 1965 – Nicholas Sparks; 1972 – Joey McIntyre♪ ♫(New Kids On The Block); 1974 – Tony Kanaan Deaths 1948 – Malcolm Campbell; 1964 – Bobby Byrne; 1972 – Roberto Clemente; 1980 – Raoul Walsh; 1985 – Ricky Nelson♪ ♫; 1994 – Woody Strode; 1997 – Floyd Cramer; 2000 – Alan Cranston; 2001 – Eileen Heckart; 2013 – James Avery (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air); 2014 – Edward Herrmann; 2015 – Natalie Cole♪ ♫; 2015 – Wayne Rogers (MASH); 2015 – Beth Howland (waitress 'Vera' on Alice*) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.