Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 31
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This is a list of selected December 31 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.December 31: New Year's Eve; Hogmanay in Scotland
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.
- 1857 – Queen Victoria (pictured) selected Ottawa as the capital of the British colony of Canada.
- 1960 – The farthing, a British coin first minted in England in the 13th century, ceased to be legal tender.
- 1963 – The Central African Federation officially collapsed, eventually to become Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
- 1972 – American baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.
- 1999 – Boris Yeltsin, the first democratically elected President of Russia, resigned and named Vladimir Putin as Acting President.
More events: December 30 – December 31 – January 1
