December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is one of seven months with the length of 31 days. December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
December symbols: Its birth flower is the narcissus. The birthstones of December are the turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite. The zodiac signs for the month of December are Sagittarius (until December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 onwards).
Historical Events for December, 1876
Day of Week 5th » The Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, New York.
Day of Week 23rd » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of Week 29th » The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1876
6th » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg or Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
9th » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
9th » Pauline Whittier, American golfer (d. 1946)
12th » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (d. 1928)
19th » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)
21st » Jack Lang (Australian politician) called Jack Lang, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975)
22nd » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
25th » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (d. 1948)
25th » Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
29th » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)