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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sylvester%27s_Day" title="Saint Sylvester's Day">Saint Sylvester's Day</a></b> (Western Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1775)" title="Battle of Quebec (1775)">Battle of Quebec</a></b>, British forces repulsed an attack by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> to capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a> and enlist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">French Canadian</a> support.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – New York City held its first annual <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Ball" title="Times Square Ball">ball drop</a></b> event in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a> as part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">New Year's Eve</a> celebrations.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – Central African military officers led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-B%C3%A9del_Bokassa" title="Jean-Bédel Bokassa">Jean-Bédel Bokassa</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sylvestre_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b> against the government of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dacko" title="David Dacko">David Dacko</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_New_Year%27s_Eve_tornado_outbreak" title="2010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak">28 tornadoes</a></b> <i>(one depicted)</i> touched down in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">midwestern</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">southern United States</a>, part of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak" title="Tornado outbreak">outbreak</a> that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gimach" title="Carlo Gimach">Carlo Gimach</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1730); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapi%CA%BBolani" title="Kapiʻolani">Kapiʻolani</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1834); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Cure" title="Amy Cure">Amy Cure</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1992)</p>