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, 1942
Day of Week 2nd » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the Chicago Pile-1 called first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Day of Week 12th » World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encirclement or encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Day of Week 15th » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Day of Week 20th » World War II: Imperial Japanese Air Force Japanese air forces bomb Kolkata Calcutta, British Raj India.
Day of Week 22nd » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
Day of Week 24th » World War II: France e.g French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
Day of Week 27th » The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1942
1st » Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Egypt) called Minister of Foreign Affairs for Egypt