This Day In History
December 31
Charter granted to the East India Company Patriots are defeated at Quebec Patriots defeated at Quebec Confederate General Forrest escapes capture at Parker's Crossroads Edison demonstrates incandescent light American general and diplomat George C. Marshall is born Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent Anthony Hopkins born John Denver born in New Mexico Hungary declares war on Germany Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings Bloodiest year of the war ends Soviets test supersonic airliner U.S. annual casualty figures down Baseball star dies in plane crash U.S. and communist negotiators prepare to return to the Paris talks Pete Hamill quits drinking Plane carrying Roberto Clemente crashes United States ends official relations with Nationalist China Subway vigilante turns himself in Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash Panama Canal turned over to Panama
Charter granted to the East India Company Patriots are defeated at Quebec Patriots defeated at Quebec Confederate General Forrest escapes capture at Parker's Crossroads Edison demonstrates incandescent light American general and diplomat George C. Marshall is born Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent Anthony Hopkins born John Denver born in New Mexico Hungary declares war on Germany Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings Bloodiest year of the war ends Soviets test supersonic airliner U.S. annual casualty figures down Baseball star dies in plane crash U.S. and communist negotiators prepare to return to the Paris talks Pete Hamill quits drinking Plane carrying Roberto Clemente crashes United States ends official relations with Nationalist China Subway vigilante turns himself in Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash Panama Canal turned over to Panama
