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31 December

31 December 406Roman Empire [barbarian invasions of Rome (378–476)]The River Rhine in central Europe freezes over, allowing hordes of Vandals, Alans, and Scieri to invade the Roman Empire, ultimately leading to its collapse.
31 December 1808France [chemistry]French chemist Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac publishes The Combination of Gases, in which he announces that gases combine chemically in simple proportions of volumes.
31 December 1851Austrian Empire [law and government]The Austrian constitution of 1849 is abolished, consolidating the return to conservative rule in the Habsburg Empire.
31 December 1869France [births and deaths]Henri Matisse, French painter, sculptor, illustrator, and designer, born in Le Cateau, France (–1954).
31 December 1968USSR [aircraft]The world's first supersonic airliner, the Tupolev TU-144, designed by Soviet engineer Alexey Tupolev, makes its first flight.
31 December 1972UK, USA [everyday life]British inventor Clive Sinclair launches his pocket calculator, the first to be widely available. The ‘Sinclair Executive’ weighs 70 g/12.5 oz and goes on sale for £79 in Britain and $195 in the USA.
31 December 1984USA [political events]The USA withdraws from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), alleging that it is too critical of US policy. It had announced its intention 29 December 1983, saying that the organization ‘exhibited hostility towards the basic installations of a free society’.
31 December 1999Portugal, China [decolonization]The Portuguese territory of Macau is handed over to China after 442 years of colonial rule.


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The Central Bank of Cyprus is reminding the public that the last day for the exchange of coins of the Cyprus pound is 31 December 2009.
Summary: The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: TAQA), announced today that it will release its Full Year 2008 Financial Results for the period to 31 December 2008 before market open on Thursday, 19 March, 2009.
Mohammad Nasr Abdeen, Chief Executive Officer of UNB said, "Amid the global financial turmoil and the unprecedented economic downturn facing most of the major economies in the world, the results for UNB Group for the year ended 31 December 2008 were satisfactory with the Group posting its highest ever profit.
 
 
 
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