On This Day
December 31
New Years Eve
1796 Baltimore is incorporated into a city
1879 Incandescent Lighting is demonstrated by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park New Jersey
1907 The first New Years Eve is held in Time Square
1926 The film The General primers in Tokyo Japan Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, & Glen Cavender.
1961 The Beach Boys make their debut
1967 The Great Western Forum opens to LA Lakers beating Houston Rockets 147 - 118
1970 Paul McCartney Files a lawsuit dissolving the Beatles
1976 The Car play their first gig
1988 Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores 5 goals in 5 different ways
1997 Hotmail is bought by Microsoft
Happy Birthday
1937 Anthony Hopkins actor The Elephant man, Hannibal, Nixon & Bram Stoker's Dracula
1941 Sir Alex Ferguson Football manager 13 x Premier League titles with Manchester United. 2 x Champions league title
1943 Ben Kingsley actor starred in Coronation Street, Without a Clue, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Gandhi
1948 Donna Summer singer actress
1959 Val Kilmer actor Batman Forever, The Doors
1973 Crystal Knight porn star
1977 PSY gangnam style most listened to Youtube song
1988 Jada Stevens actress
1990 Sam Faiers Model
1995 Gabby Douglas Olympic Gymnest
