December 31st - A Look Back In History
History shows the following happened on December 31st.
¶ 1776 Rhode Island establishes wages for carpenters at 70 cents a day.
¶ 1783 All Northern states ban slavery.
¶ 1857 Ottawa is chosen at the capital of Canada by Queen Victoria.
¶ 1862 The Union ironclad "Monitor" was sand of North Carolina.
¶ 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates the first incandescent lamp.
¶ 1914 The New York Yankees were purchased by Jacob Ruppert for $460,000.
¶ 1924 Hubble announced the existence of other galaxies.
¶ 1943 Frank Sinatra performed at the Paramount theater in New York City.
¶ 1967 Greenbay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys.
¶ 1991 This was the last day of the USSR.
¶ 1999 The Panama Canal was given to Panama.
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