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| Friday,
December
31,
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AP Highlight in History:
On Dec. 31, 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
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| On this date in: |
| 1775 | The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed. |
| 1857 | Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada. |
| 1862 | President Abraham Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union. |
| 1879 | Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J. |
| 1961 | The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid. |
| 1974 | Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years. |
| 1978 | Taiwanese diplomats struck their colors for the final time from the embassy flagpole in Washington, D.C., marking the end of diplomatic relations with the United States. |
| 1985 | Singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year's Eve performance in Dallas. |
| 1986 | A fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killed 97 and injured 140 people. |
| 1993 | Entertainer Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
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| AP Photo/Amy Sancetta |
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| 1997 | Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Actor Val Kilmer turns 45 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Richard Lewis |
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| Simon Wiesenthal | Nazi hunter | 96 |
| Odetta | Folk and blues singer | 74 |
| Anthony Hopkins | Actor | 67 |
| Tim Considine | Actor (''My Three Sons'') | 64 |
| Sarah Miles | Actress | 63 |
| Andy Summers | Rock musician (The Police) | 62 |
| Ben Kingsley | Actor | 61 |
| Diane Von Furstenberg | Fashion designer | 58 |
| Burton Cummings | Rock musician (The Guess Who) | 57 |
| Tim Matheson | Actor | 57 |
| Joe Dallesandro | Actor | 56 |
| Donna Summer | Singer | 56 |
| Tom Hamilton | Rock musician (Aerosmith) | 53 |
| James Remar | Actor | 51 |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Actress (''Cheers,'' ''Frasier'') | 46 |
| Paul Westerberg | Singer | 45 |
| Ric Ivanisevich | Rock musician (Oleander) | 42 |
| Scott Ian | Rock musician (Anthrax) | 41 |
| Joe McIntyre | Actor-singer | 32 |
| Director-producer Taylor Hackford turns 60 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Matt Sayles |
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