Wednesday December 31, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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: This Day in History

It is widely known as New Year’s Eve since the following day is New Year’s Day. It is the last day of the year.

by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and day ago
  • months since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England, United Kingdom
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The first Chechen war: Russian army began a New Year’s storm of Grozny
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
The United States Government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.

Who were born on ?

1491
Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
Marie d'Agoult, French author (d.1876)
George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet (d. 1912)
Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (d. 1982)
Tommy Byrne, American baseball player (d. 2007)
Don Diamont, American actor
Paul O'Neill, British racing driver
Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player

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