Simon Wiesenthal 1908
- 1695 - The window tax was imposed in Britain, which resulted in many windows being bricked up.
- 1775 - The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec. Montgomery was killed in the battle.
- 1857 - Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
- 1891 - New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals.
- 1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne" as a New Year's Eve song for the first time.
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