December 31
1973 - Australian band AC/DC made their live debut when they appeared at Chequers Bar in Sydney.
1984 - Def Leppard drummer
Rick Allen crashed his Corvette Stingray, on the A57 outside Sheffield, Allen lost his left arm in the accident. Allen was on his way to a New Year's Eve party at his family's home when a Jaguar passed him. The driver had been egging Allen on and would not allow him to pass. In his rage to pass this driver, he did not see a turn up ahead and lost control of his car. He was thrown from the car, with his left arm severed due to the seatbelt not being properly fastened.
1985 - 1985,
Ricky Nelson was killed, along with six others, when his private plane crashed in Texas. It was rumored that the freebasing of cocaine caused an onboard explosion. Reports vary as to whether or not the plane was on fire before it crashed. Nelson had played himself on his parent's US TV show
The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet.
2015 - 2015, American singer, songwriter Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat King Cole, died aged 65 due to congestive heart failure.