What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
12/31/1869	Henri Matisse, French Impressionist painter
12/31/1880	George C Marshall, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)
EVENTS
12/31/	Make Up Your Mind Day
12/31/	New Year's Eve
12/31/1600	British East India Company chartered
12/31/1744	James Bradley announces earth's motion of nutation (wobbling).
12/31/1857	Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada
12/31/1862	Union ironclad ship 'Monitor' sinks off Cape Hatteras, NC
12/31/1879	Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US).
12/31/1879	Edison gives public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.
12/31/1890	Ellis Island opens as a US immigration depot
12/31/1946	President Truman officially proclaims the end of World War II
12/31/1961	Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion
12/31/1974	US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time in 40 years
12/31/1999	Control of the Panama Canal reverts to Panama

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