What day is December 31? Historical events that took place on December 31
This day in history December 31st. The most prominent events that took place on December 31st range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on December 31
December 31, 1945:President Ho Chi Minh signed Decree No. 78-SL establishing the Construction Planning Research Committee, the predecessor of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, with members being all Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and specialized sub-committees, under the leadership of the Government Chairman. December 31 became the traditional day of the Planning and Investment sector.
December 31, 1954:The State Bank of Vietnam is the central bank of the State of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam, established under Decree No. 15/SL dated May 6, 1951 of President Ho Chi Minh.
December 31, 1965:Military Hospital 84, now Military Hospital 211, was established in Hanoi and quickly marched to the Central Highlands battlefield to serve the Southern battlefield, directly serving the Central Highlands Front (B3).
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December 31, 1976:In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the opening ceremony of the 1,730km-long Thong Nhat railway was held.
December 31, 1977:Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Van Thai, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, signed the decision to establish Regiment 86 (now Brigade) under the Chemical Command on the basis of 3 battalions 901, 902, 903. This is the first chemical defense regiment of the Chemical Corps and the Vietnam People's Army.
December 31, 2022:The Cam Lo - La Son expressway section of the North - South Eastern Expressway has been officially inaugurated and put into operation. This is the second expressway project of the North - South Eastern Expressway project in the 2017 - 2020 period to be officially put into operation.
International events taking place on December 31
December 31, 1691:Robert Boyle died on January 25, 1627, in an English aristocratic family. With his first work - "The Skeptical Chemist" (1661) - he proposed that chemistry had the task of answering the question of what the material world consists of and how the composition of substances affects their properties.
December 31, 1879:Thomas Edison first demonstrated the incandescent light bulb in Edison, New Jersey, USA.
December 31, 1907:The first New Year's Eve celebration was held in Times Square (then called Longacre Square) in New York City, USA.
December 31, 1951:The Marshall Plan expired after allocating more than $13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
December 31, 1991:All official Soviet institutions ceased to function on this day, and the Soviet Union completely dissolved.
December 31, 1992:Czechoslovakia dissolved peacefully, forming two new independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
December 31, 2004:Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was officially designated the world's tallest building in 2004.
