CoM Moderators Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 870 - Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats a section of the Viking Great Heathen Army, camped at Reading 1911 - Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, for her work with radioactivity 1923 - BBC begins using Big Ben's chimes as an interval signal 1957 - Amateur Athletic Union awards American sprinter Bobby Morrow the James E. Sullivan Award 1975 - 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6 1986 - Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1996 - 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21 1997 - 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18 More Historical Events »
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