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, 1902
Day of Week 14th » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific Telegraphy called telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of Week 28th » The Syracuse Pros Syracuse Athletic Club World Series of Football (1902–1903) defeated the New York (World Series of Football) New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the indoor American football first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison
20th » Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
23rd » Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)
23rd » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
25th » Barton MacLane, American actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1969)
25th » William Bell (tuba player) named William Bell, American tuba player and educator (d. 1971)
26th » Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
28th » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (d. 2001)
28th » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (d. 1988)
29th » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
31st » Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
Famous Deaths for December 1902
4th » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
7th » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
14th » Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 21st List of First Ladies of the United States known as First Lady of the United States (b. 1826)
22nd » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
23rd » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)