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This Day in History: Dec. 31
Also on this day: (AP Photo/John Cogill) During the Revolutionary War, the British repel an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed.Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrates his electric incandescent light by illuminating some 40 bulbs at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.New York’s Times Square sees its first New Year’s Eve celebration, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance.
