Daily Calendar for Thursday, December 31, 2015

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Rick Nelson (singer) – 1985
Edward Herrmann (actor) – 2014
Natalie Cole (American singer and songwriter; died in Los Angeles, California) – 2015
Betty White (Actress; died in Los Angeles, California) – 2021
Pope Benedict XVI – 2022

A window tax was imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax – 1695
Baltimore, Maryland was incorporated – 1796
Ottawa selected by Queen Victoria as capital of Province of Canada – 1857
The cornerstone for the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, was laid – 1879
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians first played Auld Lang Syne” at midnight – 1929
C. B. Darrow received a patent for his Monopoly game – 1935
Entertainer Roy Rogers and actress Dale Evans were married – 1947
Helium-filled sun shade patented – 1991
The last new Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip was published – 1995
An extra second, or leap second, was added to clocks worldwide – 2005

Los Angeles received 7.36 inches of rain in 24 hours, causing flooding – 1933
For the month of December, Kansas City, Missouri, received a total snowfall of 16.6 inches. – 1961
New Year’s Eve snowstorm hit the deep South: Meridian, Mississippi, received 15 inches of snow – 1963
Concord, New Hampshire, set a new December snowfall record with 44.5 inches for the month – 2007