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Dec 31 in history: From naming of Canada's capital to Putin's ascension to power

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1744

James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation rotation

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1857

Ottawa is named the capital of Canada

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1861

Record 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji, India

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1907

The first annual ball drop at Times Square

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1999

Russia's President Boris Yeltsin resigns, Vladimir Putin takes over