The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny. Date: December 31, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively. Date: December 31, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
The final comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published. Date: December 31, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency. Date: December 31, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan. Date: December 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties. Date: December 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on…
The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor. Date: December 31, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 1999 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rwanda adopts a new national flag and anthem. Date: December 31, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft). Date: December 31, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur. Date: December 31, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 31 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)