Events on December 31, 2011
Leap Second Adjustment TimeDenver, John (Birth Date)
Fire and Ice New Year's Eve Celebration
First Bank Opens in US
First Night Boston
First Nights
Japan: Namahage
Kalamazoo New Year's Fest
Make Up Your Mind Day
Marshall, George Catlett (Birth Date)
Matisse, Henri (Birth Date)
New Year's Eve
Nixon, John (Death Date)
Panama: Assumes Control of Canal
Saint Sylvester's Day
Samoa: Samoan Fire Dance
Scotland: Hogmanay
Sun Bowl
Universal Hour of Peace
Wiesenthal, Simon (Birth Date)
World Peace Meditation
Birthdays on December 31, 2011
Sir Anthony Hopkins, 74, actor (Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs; Nixon, The Remains of the Day), born Port Talbot, South Wales, UK, Dec 31, 1937.Val Kilmer, 52, actor (Batman Forever, The Doors, Heat), born Los Angeles, CA, Dec 31, 1959.
Ben Kingsley, 68, actor (Oscar for Gandhi; Sexy Beast, Schindler’s List), born Krishna Bhanji at Yorkshire, England, Dec 31, 1943.
Tim Matheson, 63, actor (Animal House, “The Virginian,” “Bonanza”), born Los Angeles, CA, Dec 31, 1948.
Sarah Miles, 70, actress (The Servant, Blow-Up, Hope and Glory), born Ingatestone, England, Dec 31, 1941.
Bebe Neuwirth, 53, actress (“Cheers,” “Frasier”; stage: Chicago), born Newark, NJ, Dec 31, 1958.
James Remar, 58, actor (48 Hrs, Drugstore Cowboy), born Boston, MA, Dec 31, 1953.
Nicholas Sparks, 46, author (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Message in a Bottle), born Omaha, NE, Dec 31, 1965.
Donna Summer, 63, singer, born LaDonna Andrea Gaines at Boston, MA, Dec 31, 1948.
Andy Summers, 69, musician (The Police), born Poulton-le-Fylde, England, Dec 31, 1942.
Diane Halfin von Furstenberg, 66, fashion designer, author, born Brussels, Belgium, Dec 31, 1945.
Previous dates: December 28, December 29, December 30
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