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Henri Matisse, French impressionist painter (Odalisque), born (1869)

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• Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
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George C. Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953), born (1880)

Anthony Hopkins, British actor (Silence of the Lambs), born (1937)

Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii (1879)

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For the first time a ball dropped at Times Square to signal the new year (1907)

Ratification of UN Charter completed (1945)

President Truman officially proclaimed end of WW-II (1946)

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Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion (1961)

California became the largest state in population (1965)

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British repelled an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec (1775)

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New Year's Eve

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