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, 1945
Day of Week 4th » By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
Day of Week 5th » Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
Day of Week 15th » Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
Day of Week 27th » The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1945
1st » Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
2nd » Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter
19th » John McEuen, American guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
20th » Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Kiss (band) or Kiss, Wicked Lester, and Chelsea (American band) named Chelsea)
20th » Sivakant Tiwari, Singaporean lawyer (d. 2010)
22nd » Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
22nd » Diane Sawyer, American journalist
23rd » Adly Mansour, Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, List of Presidents of Egypt named President of Egypt
23rd » Geoffrey Wheatcroft, English journalist and author
24th » Nicholas Meyer, American author, screenwriter, and director
24th » Steve Smith (comedian) called Steve Smith, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
25th » Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer
25th » Eve Pollard, English journalist and author
25th » Mike Pringle (politician) e.g Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish politician
25th » Noel Redding, English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fat Mattress, Road (band) called Road, and The Noel Redding Band) (d. 2003)
25th » Gary Sandy, American actor
25th » Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster
28th » Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author
28th » Birendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
30th » Davy Jones (musician) or Davy Jones, English singer and actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012)
30th » Lloyd Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Troma Entertainment
30th » Concetta Tomei, American actress
30th » Vernon Wells (actor) called Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer
31st » Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
31st » Connie Willis, American author
Famous Deaths for December 1945
4th » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
9th » Yun Chi-ho, Korean Resistance activists, politicians (b. 1864)
10th » Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (b. 1913)