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Today In History Highlights for December 31
The history note surveys key events on this date: Truman proclaims end of World War II in 1946, Lincoln signs West Virginia statehood in 1862, Edison demonstrates the light bulb in 1879, Ellis Island opens in 1890, US Germany relations resume in 1921, Sinatra debut in Times Square in 1943, Bermuda car ban ends in 1945, Lebanon coup crush in 1961, US halts bombing North Vietnam in 1968, Soviet commutes death sentence in 1970.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
Abraham Lincoln
West Virginia
Union
Thomas A. Edison
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
United States
Germany
New York
Times Square
Frank Sinatra
Paramount Theater
Bermuda
Lebanon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Israel