Page 6: Historical Events In December - 31

1938  Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70 on December - 31.   

1939  25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) on December - 31.   

1940  On December - 31 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton)   

1941  On December - 31 admiral Chester W. Nimitz assumes command of U.S. Pacific Fleet.   

1941  On this day in history young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young   

1941  Sigwart Aspestrand, composer, dies at 85 on December - 31.   

1942  On December - 31 commissioning of USS Essex (CV-9), first of new class of aircraft carriers, at Norfolk, VA   

1942  60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) on this day in history.   

1943  NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater on December - 31.   

1943  The birth of Ben Kingsley, British actor on December - 31.   

1943  NYC's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater on this day in history.   

1944  48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 31 ratification of UN Charter completed   

1945  Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA v Aust Services on December - 31.   

1945  Donald Douglas II, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1946  French troops leave Lebanon on this day in history.   

1946  President Truman officially proclaims end of WW-II on this day in history.   

1946  Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1947  Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79 on December - 31.   

1948  Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike on December - 31.   

1948  On December - 31 malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63   

1949  On December - 31 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia   

1950  Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year on December - 31.   

1950  Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history first battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced   

1951  Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president   

1953  On this day in history albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64   

1954  On December - 31 peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75   

1958  On this day in history international Geophyscial Year ends   

1958  Gustav Hermann Unger, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1960  Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1961  First performance of the Beach Boys on December - 31.   

1961  On this day in history marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion   

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0695  Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715) was born on December - 31.   

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  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)   

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

0192  On this day in history death of lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

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 this day in history.