Page 5: Historical Events In December - 31

1917  Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members on December - 31.   

1918  On December - 31 kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager   

1919  On December - 31 tommy Byrne, American baseball player   

1920  On this day in history roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG   

1920  On this day in history albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43   

1921  On December - 31 last San Francisco firehorses retired   

1922  Joan McCracken, Phila Pa, actress (Claudie Story of a Marriage) on this day in history.   

1923  First transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester on December - 31.   

1923  On this day in history the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC   

1923  1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester on this day in history.   

1924  Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history hubble announces existence of distant galaxies   

1924  Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948) on December - 31.   

1925  14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month   

1927  On December - 31 dieter Noll, writer   

1928  On this day in history hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit)   

1929  On December - 31 pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri   

1929  On this day in history mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess (Open the Village)   

1930  Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages on December - 31.   

1930  On this day in history ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress   

1931  Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author (Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo) on December - 31.   

1932  John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of NYC on this day in history.   

1932  George Schlatter, TV producer (Laugh-in) on this day in history.   

1934  Helen Richey becomes first woman to pilot an airmail transport on this day in history.   

1934  Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport on this day in history.   

1934  Akram Awan, Islamic scholar on this day in history.   

1935  CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party on this day in history.   

1935  Peter Allan, cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25) on December - 31.   

1936  On December - 31 miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72   

1937  The birth of Anthony Hopkins, British actor on this day in history.   

1937  Anthony Hopkins, Wales, actor (Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history dr R N Harger's "drunkometer," 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana   

1938  Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater (world champ) on December - 31.   

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  On December - 31 birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)   

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  On this day in history birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

1514  On this day in history birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)   

1540  On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on December - 31.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on this day in history.   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on this day in history.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.   

0439  On December - 31 melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  Death of Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157) on this day in history.   

1297  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on December - 31.