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, 1904
Day of Week 6th » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his Roosevelt Corollary or "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1904
6th » Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
7th » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)
7th » Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian-Latvian singer (d. 1991)
9th » Robert Livingston (actor) called Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
11th » Marge (cartoonist) known as Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
12th » Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker, journalist, and actor (d. 1981)
17th » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
18th » George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975)
20th » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
20th » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)
24th » Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2008)
25th » Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
26th » Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980)
27th » René Bonnet, French racing driver and automobile constructor (d. 1983)