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 days 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)

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.
The British East India Company is chartered.
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario, then a small logging town, as the capital of Canada.
American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River begins near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York.
World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.
All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.
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 ?

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
Siné, French cartoonist
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
Connie Willis, American writer
René Robert, National Hockey League player
Alex Salmond, Scottish politician
Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian and actor
Dominik Diamond, Scottish presenter and newspaper columnist
Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player

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