Page 7: Historical Events In December - 31

1962  Katanga becomes part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 31 donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)   

1966  Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting   

1966  On December - 31 chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75   

1967  On this day in history arthur Mailey, cricketer (10-66 & Aust v Gloucestershire 1921), dies   

1968  First supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) on December - 31.   

1968  Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1969  Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69 on December - 31.   

1970  On December - 31 congress authorizes the Eisenhower dollar coin   

1970  Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 31 cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91   

1971  On December - 31 peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31   

1972  On this day in history roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38   

1974  On December - 31 gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin   

1975  On December - 31 donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47   

1976  On this day in history tV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run   

1977  Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa on this day in history.   

1977  Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado on December - 31.   

1977  Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1978  Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with the US on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 31 winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts   

1980  On December - 31 a Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18   

1980  Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history lt Rawlings stages coup in Ghana   

1981  Frantisek Chaun, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history tV soap "The Doctors" ends 19 year run   

1983  Brunei gains complete independence from Britain on December - 31.   

1983  On this day in history bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies   

1984  On this day in history nYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH   

1984  On this day in history rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira   

1985  King Hussein of Jordan and President Assid hold talks on December - 31.   

1985  Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies on this day in history.   

1986  Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 on December - 31.   

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

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

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)   

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

1540  On December - 31 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)   

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

1668  On this day in history birth of hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist   

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on December - 31.   

0335  On December - 31 death of st. Silvester, Pope   

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

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.   

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

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249) on this day in history.   

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