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, 1900
Day of Week 18th » The Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Glossary of rail transport terms N Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria (Australia) Victoria, Australia is opened for
Day of Week 19th » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow named John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial polit
Day of Week 26th » A relief crew arrives at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1900
3rd » Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)
3rd » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)