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, 1912
Day of Week 3rd » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
Day of Week 8th » Leaders of the German Empire hold an German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912 e.g Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of Week 18th » The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson.
Day of Week 19th » William Van Schaick, captain of the Steamboat e.g steamship 'PS General Slocum or General Slocum' which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of Week 28th » The first San Francisco Municipal Railway municipally owned Tram streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1912
1st » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986)
4th » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
5th » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
7th » Daniel Jones (composer) e.g Daniel Jones, Welsh composer (d. 1993)
10th » Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
22nd » Lady Bird Johnson, American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th List of First Ladies of the United States called First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
31st » John Frost (British Army officer) or John Frost, Indian-English general (d. 1993)
Famous Deaths for December 1912
3rd » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
14th » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
23rd » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)