Tuesday December 31, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 31: Day of the Week

December 31, 2024 is the 366th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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.

December 31: 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.

December 31 Historical Event(s)

535
Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of Syracuse, and ending his consulship for the year.
1225
The Ly Dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Tran Thai Tong, husband of the last Ly monarch, Ly Chieu Hoang, starting the Tran Dynasty.
1759
Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
1853
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
1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
1992
Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1998
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
1999
Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President.
1999
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.
2004
The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 m.

Who were born on December 31?

1572
Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1899
Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)
1908
Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
1930
Jaime Escalante, American teacher (d. 2010)
1941
Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
1947
Rita Lee, Brazilian rock singer
1949
Susan Shwartz, American writer
1959
Phill Kline, American politician
1962
Heather McCartney, British activist
1979
Paul O'Neill, British racing driver

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