December 31st
What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1900 U.S.A. Indian Lands
December 31st , 1900 : Indian Chief, Pac-kee-ka-ma-que, charged that Indian affairs agent H.M. Robek with corruption and theft. Apparently, the tribes had bought 3,000 acres of land with their own money and wanted $50,000 in compensation from the U.S. government.
1927 Turkey Economic distress
December 31st , 1927 : Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market. 1927
1933 Rumania Martial law
December 31st , 1933 : Martial law was declared in Rumania to prevent assassination attempts on King Carol and his government officials. Premier Ion G. Duca had already been murdered. 1933
1942 Great Britain Churchill Meets Stalin
December 31st , 1942 : Winston Churchill took a plane to Moscow to meet with communist leader Josef Stalin. 1942
1956 Germany Saarland
December 31st , 1956 : Saarland had one million inhabitants and was rich in raw materials such as coal. It was to become Germany’s tenth state at midnight. France and Germany had fought over the area for 250 years. 1956
1963 Soviet Union Needs To Buy Wheat From US
December 31st , 1963 : There was a rumpus in U.S. politics over the Soviet Union’s request for credit to purchase American wheat to feed starving Soviets. The Democrats and Republicans were sharply divided over the issue. 1963
1963 U.S.A. Snowstorm
December 31st , 1963 : A massive snowstorm hits the southern states and reaches up through Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Strong winds accompanied the 17 inches that were dropped in a matter of 48 hours, causing power outages and many other problems for millions of people. 1934
1964 U.S.A. Donald Campbell
December 31st , 1964 : Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record with his boat Bluebird, on Lake Dumbleyung in Perth, Western Australia. , the only man to break both land and water speed records in the same year. 1964
1967 U.S.A. Evel Knievel
December 31st , 1967 : Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. resulting in concussion that kept him lying in a coma for 29 days with a crushed pelvis and femur, fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles.
1978 Taiwan Severs US Diplomatic Relations
December 31st , 1978 : U.S. officials had to beat a hasty retreat after President Ching-kuo expressed rage at President Jimmy Carter’s acknowledgement of Peking and the severing of diplomatic ties with Taiwan. 1978
1989 Japan Economy
December 31st , 1989 : Japan’s economy was in trouble with the 250 yen to the dollar. The price of gasoline rose 90% and hydro bills soared 50%. 1989
1991 Iran
December 31st , 1991 : U.S. diplomatic ties with Iran were severed as Swiss representatives were restricted and prevented from leaving the country. Switzerland had been acting on behalf of Americans in Iran and closed the Tehran embassy in protest for the way their diplomats were treated. 1991
1993 U.S.A. Barbra Streisand
December 31st , 1993 : Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. 1993
1999 Russia Boris Yeltsin
December 31st , 1999 : Boris Yeltsin resigns as Russian president, Vladimir Putin will take over as acting president 1999
2005 Sudan Embassy
December 31st , 2005 : Sudan’s embassy in Baghdad was shut down in an effort to get six kidnapped workers freed. Representatives of al-Qaida warned that the Sudanese captives would be murdered if diplomatic relations between Iraq and Sudan were not cut off. 2005
2007 U.S.A. Number Of Murders
December 31st , 2007 : Statistics relating to the number of murders in relation to the population. We seem to assume the the violent crimes / murders has been getting worse but comparing the population nearly 60 years apart proves that the percentage is very similar. 1947 8,000 murders and the population in the US was about 145 million 2007 16,500 murders and the population in the US was about 300 million 2007
Find Out What Happened This Day in History Date and year What Events happened on your Birthday, The Day You Were Born
What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1999 The World Global Millennium Party
December 31st , 1999 : The world prepares to have a global party with fireworks and special events around the world to welcome in the third millennium. 1999
December 31st , 1999 : The world prepares to have a global party with fireworks and special events around the world to welcome in the third millennium. 1999
1900 U.S.A. Indian Lands
December 31st , 1900 : Indian Chief, Pac-kee-ka-ma-que, charged that Indian affairs agent H.M. Robek with corruption and theft. Apparently, the tribes had bought 3,000 acres of land with their own money and wanted $50,000 in compensation from the U.S. government.
1927 Turkey Economic distress
December 31st , 1927 : Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market. 1927
1933 Rumania Martial law
December 31st , 1933 : Martial law was declared in Rumania to prevent assassination attempts on King Carol and his government officials. Premier Ion G. Duca had already been murdered. 1933
1942 Great Britain Churchill Meets Stalin
December 31st , 1942 : Winston Churchill took a plane to Moscow to meet with communist leader Josef Stalin. 1942
1956 Germany Saarland
December 31st , 1956 : Saarland had one million inhabitants and was rich in raw materials such as coal. It was to become Germany’s tenth state at midnight. France and Germany had fought over the area for 250 years. 1956
1963 Soviet Union Needs To Buy Wheat From US
December 31st , 1963 : There was a rumpus in U.S. politics over the Soviet Union’s request for credit to purchase American wheat to feed starving Soviets. The Democrats and Republicans were sharply divided over the issue. 1963
1963 U.S.A. Snowstorm
December 31st , 1963 : A massive snowstorm hits the southern states and reaches up through Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Strong winds accompanied the 17 inches that were dropped in a matter of 48 hours, causing power outages and many other problems for millions of people. 1934
1964 U.S.A. Donald Campbell
December 31st , 1964 : Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record with his boat Bluebird, on Lake Dumbleyung in Perth, Western Australia. , the only man to break both land and water speed records in the same year. 1964
1967 U.S.A. Evel Knievel
December 31st , 1967 : Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. resulting in concussion that kept him lying in a coma for 29 days with a crushed pelvis and femur, fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles.
1978 Taiwan Severs US Diplomatic Relations
December 31st , 1978 : U.S. officials had to beat a hasty retreat after President Ching-kuo expressed rage at President Jimmy Carter’s acknowledgement of Peking and the severing of diplomatic ties with Taiwan. 1978
1989 Japan Economy
December 31st , 1989 : Japan’s economy was in trouble with the 250 yen to the dollar. The price of gasoline rose 90% and hydro bills soared 50%. 1989
1991 Iran
December 31st , 1991 : U.S. diplomatic ties with Iran were severed as Swiss representatives were restricted and prevented from leaving the country. Switzerland had been acting on behalf of Americans in Iran and closed the Tehran embassy in protest for the way their diplomats were treated. 1991
1993 U.S.A. Barbra Streisand
December 31st , 1993 : Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. 1993
1999 Russia Boris Yeltsin
December 31st , 1999 : Boris Yeltsin resigns as Russian president, Vladimir Putin will take over as acting president 1999
2005 Sudan Embassy
December 31st , 2005 : Sudan’s embassy in Baghdad was shut down in an effort to get six kidnapped workers freed. Representatives of al-Qaida warned that the Sudanese captives would be murdered if diplomatic relations between Iraq and Sudan were not cut off. 2005
2007 U.S.A. Number Of Murders
December 31st , 2007 : Statistics relating to the number of murders in relation to the population. We seem to assume the the violent crimes / murders has been getting worse but comparing the population nearly 60 years apart proves that the percentage is very similar. 1947 8,000 murders and the population in the US was about 145 million 2007 16,500 murders and the population in the US was about 300 million 2007
