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, 1964
Day of Week 1st » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
1st » Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
Day of Week 5th » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
Day of Week 11th » Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City called New York, New York.
Day of Week 12th » Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first Heads of State of Kenya named President of the Kenya named Republic of Kenya.
Day of Week 19th » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam known as South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh December 1964 South Vietnamese coup called dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members.
Day of Week 22nd » The first test flight of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird e.g SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
Day of Week 24th » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing or bomb the Brinks Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City known as Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
11th » Michel Courtemanche, Canadian comedian and actor
11th » Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Del Amitri and The Uncle Devil Show)
11th » Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Widespread Panic, Stockholm Syndrome (band) called Stockholm Syndrome, and J Mascis + The Fog)
11th » Cosy Sheridan, American singer-songwriter
11th » Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer
12th » Sabu (wrestler) named Sabu, American wrestler
12th » Reeta Chakrabarti, English journalist
12th » Haywood Jeffires, American football player
13th » hide (musician) named Hideto Matsumoto, Japanese musician, singer and songwriter (X Japan and Zilch (band) e.g Zilch) (d. 1998)
14th » Rebecca Gibney, New Zealand-Australian actress and producer
14th » Antje Vowinckel, German radio artist and musician
25th » Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
25th » Tim Royes, American director (d. 2007)
25th » Bob Stanley (musician) known as Bob Stanley, English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist (Saint Etienne (band) named Saint Etienne)