December 31

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Births

 * 1899 – Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)
 * 1902 – Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer (d. 1982)
 * 1903 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1992)
 * 1905 – Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. 1994)
 * 1909 – Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)
 * 1925 - Daphne Oram (d. 2003)
 * 1930 – Odetta, American singer (d. 2008)
 * 1942 – Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)
 * 1943 – Pete Quaife, English bassist (The Kinks)
 * 1947 – Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboardist (The Guess Who)
 * 1948 – Donna Summer, American singer
 * 1951 – Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
 * 1959 – Paul Westerberg, American musician (The Replacements)
 * 1959 – Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and musician
 * 1963 – Scott Ian, American guitarist (Anthrax)
 * 1972 – Joe McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
 * 1973 – Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
 * 1978 – Papoose, American rapper
 * 1979 – Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance)