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, 1885
Day of Week 1st » First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas.
Day of Week 22nd » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
Day of Week 28th » Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Mumbai e.g Bombay, Presidencies and provinces of British India known as British India.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1885
2nd » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)