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Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Today in History: Thursday, December\u00a0 31, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J.
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1857<\/td>\nBritain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\nPresident Abraham Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/td>\nThe Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nPrivate U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>\nRock 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nEntertainer Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Photo\/Amy Sancetta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nMichael Kennedy, the 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Ben Kingsley turns 72 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Andy Summers<\/td>\nRock musician (The Police)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor Hackford<\/td>\nDirector, producer<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Von Furstenberg<\/td>\nFashion designer<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burton Cummings<\/td>\nRock musician (The Guess Who)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Matheson<\/td>\nActor (“Animal House,” “The West Wing”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bebe Neuwirth<\/td>\nActress (“Cheers”)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Val Kilmer<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Westerberg<\/td>\nRock singer (The Replacements)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Anthony Hopkins turns 78 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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