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).
Famous Birthdays on December in 1882
9th » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, educator, and critic (d. 1949)
10th » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)
10th » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) called Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
10th » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (d. 1950)
11th » Subramanya Bharathi, Indian journalist and poet (d. 1921)
11th » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
11th » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (d. 1947)
16th » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)
16th » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
16th » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
18th » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway (d. 1950)
24th » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) known as Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1961)
28th » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)