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December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
New Year's Day. In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks.
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine. Among the Western churches, the feast day is held on the anniversary of Saint Sylvester's death ...
Contents. Wikipedia:People by year. Each biography is placed in one of the subcategories of Births by year and Deaths by year according to the date of birth and date of death in the article. The same applies for images of non-anonymous people. Julius "Julie" Schwartz (June 19, 1915 - February 8, 2004) was ...
December 26 is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; five days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
December 31: 1514 – Birth of Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564) 1610 – Death of Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540) 1679 – Death of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) 1719 – Death of John Flamsteed, English astronomer (b. 1646)
December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; one day remains until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]