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December 31
December 31 is under the sign of Capricorn.
Famous birthdays on this day include Anthony Hopkins (1937), Val Kilmer (1959) and Donna Summer (1948).
Several movies were released around December 31 over the years, such as Remember the Night in 1939 directed by Mitchell Leisen and A Chump at Oxford in 1939 directed by Alfred J. Goulding.
But much more happened on December 31 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around December 31 over the years?
Remember the Night
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson
A Chump at Oxford
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Alfred J. Goulding
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Forrester Harvey, Wilfred Lucas
Country: United States of America
Pukar
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Sohrab Modi
Starring: Sohrab Modi, Chandra Mohan, Naseem Banu, Sheela
The File on Thelma Jordon
Release year: 1949
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel
My Dog Skip
Release year: 1999
Directed by: Jay Russell
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson
Historical Events
Which were the important events of December 31?
- 2018 A bomb explosion outside a busy shopping mall in the city of Cotabato, Philippines, kills 2 people and injures 34 others. (CNN)
- 2017 A large number of fireworks accidentally go off in a barge at a New Year's Day show in Terrigal, NSW, Australia, causing thousands to be evacuated from the beach by police and the two people on the barge to suffer minor injuries. (BBC)
- 2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): December 2016 Baghdad bombings: A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad kills at least 27 people and injures over 50. (AP), (The Telegraph)
- 2015 Belgian house raids result in the arrest of six people concerning a New Year's Eve celebrations' plot in Brussels, the nation's capital. (Reuters)
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Events
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- Val Kilmer: American actor, writer, musician, he...
- Donna Summer: American singer who began her career by...
- John Denver: American folk singer, recording artist,...
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Famous Birthday
- Rick Nelson: American singer/actor (Adventures of...
- Pete Duel: American actor (Born 1940).
- Marshall McLuhan: Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at...
- Jose Greco: Italian-American dancer; born in Italy...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of December 31 over the years?
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Perfect
- 2016 Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane
- 2015 Adele - Hello
- 2014 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
- 2013 The Monster - Eminem
- 2012 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
- 2011 Rihanna - We Found Love
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2010
Katy Perry - Firework
- 2009 Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind
- 2008 Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Imagine Dragons - Thunder
- 2016 Heathens - twenty one pilots
- 2015 Elle King - Ex's & Oh's
- 2014 Hozier - Take Me To Church
- 2013 Lorde - Royals
- 2012 Ho Hey - The Lumineers
- 2011 The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
- 2010 The Black Keys - Tighten Up
- 2009 Break - Three Days Grace
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around December 31 over the years?
Between Parent And Child
Year: 1968
By: Haim G. Ginott
Over the past thirty-five years, Between Parent and Child has helped millions of parents around the world strengthen their relationships with their children.
Light from Heaven
Year: 2005
By: Jan Karon
The ninth novel in the beloved Mitford series, by the bestselling author of At Home in Mitford and Somebody Safe with Somebody Good Father Tim Kavanagh has been asked to "come up higher" more than once.
Pt 109
Year: 1961
By: Robert J. Donovan
NOW IN PAPERBACK A timeless tale of heroism now available to a new generation of readers "To me, PT 109 has always been one of the great war stories
Will In The World
Year: 2004
By: Stephen Greenblatt
"Greenblatt knows more about [Shakespeare] than Ben Jonson or the Dark Lady did."—John Leonard, ?Harper'sA young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in