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Day Of The Week: December 31
December 31, 2025 is the 365th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: December 31
It is widely known as New Year’s Eve since the following day is New Year’s Day. It is the last day of the year.
Historical Events: December 31
- 1600 –The British East India Company is chartered.
- 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.
- 1790 –Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.
- 1853 –A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England, United Kingdom
- 1862 –American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.
- 1909 –Manhattan Bridge opens.
- 1951 –The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
- 1963 –The Central African Federation officially collapses and splits into Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
- 1965 –Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
Who were born on December 31?
- 1857 –King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
- 1878 –Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
- 1909 –Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)
- 1934 –Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
- 1937 –Barry Hughes, Welsh professional football player and manager and entertainer
- 1938 –Rosalind Cash, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1948 –Joe Dallesandro American actor
- 1953 –Jane Badler, American actress
- 1968 –Luciano Szafir, Brazilian actor
- 1980 –Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
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