Friday, December 31, 2021

History for December 31

History for December 31 - On-This-Day.com
Simon Wiesenthal 1908
  • 1695 - The window tax was imposed in Britain, which resulted in many windows being bricked up.
  • 1775 - The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec. Montgomery was killed in the battle.
  • 1857 - Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
  • 1891 - New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals.
  • 1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time.

No comments: