Daily Calendar for Thursday, December 31, 2020

Events

• A window tax was imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax– 1695
• Baltimore, Maryland was incorporated– 1796
• Ottawa selected by Queen Victoria as capital of Province of Canada– 1857
• The cornerstone for the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii, was laid– 1879
• Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians first played Auld Lang Syne” at midnight”– 1929
• C. B. Darrow received a patent for his Monopoly game– 1935
• Entertainer Roy Rogers and actress Dale Evans were married– 1947
• Helium-filled sun shade patented– 1991
• The last new Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip was published– 1995
• An extra second, or leap second, was added to clocks worldwide– 2005