📅 December 31 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on December 31? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
⏳ On this day in history
- 1853A New Year’s dinner was held inside a giant model of an Iguanodon dinosaur in London
- 1879Thomas Edison showed off his electric light bulb to the public
- 1907The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square, New York, for the first time
- 1995The last "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip was published
- 2004Taipei 101 in Taiwan opened — the tallest building in the world at that time
🎂 Born on December 31
- 🎨 Henri Matisse (1869) — painter
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December 31 quiz
In what year? 🦖 A New Year’s dinner was held inside a giant model of an Iguanodon dinosaur in London
In what year? 💡 Thomas Edison showed off his electric light bulb to the public
In what year? 🎆 The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square, New York, for the first time
Which famous person was born on December 31?