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, 1965
Day of Week 7th » Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople e.g Patriarch Athenagoras I Catholic–Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965 known as simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
Day of Week 9th » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that Kecksburg UFO incident 2005: NASA changes story to "Russian satellite" known as it examine
9th » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
Day of Week 15th » Project Gemini: 'Gemini 6A', crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford or Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Canaveral e.g Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with 'Gemini 7'.
Day of Week 22nd » In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including Controlled-access highway known as motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
Day of Week 30th » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines called President of the Philippines.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1965
3rd » Steve Harris (actor) or Steve Harris, American actor
3rd » Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
3rd » Katarina Witt, German figure skater and model
4th » Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
5th » John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Goo Goo Dolls)
5th » Wayne Smith (musician) or Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper
5th » Manish Malhotra, Indian costume designer
6th » Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager
8th » Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter
9th » Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
10th » Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
10th » J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr., Witch (band) named Witch, Deep Wound, and Upsidedown Cross (band) e.g Upsidedown Cross)
10th » Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
11th » Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach
11th » Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Ministry of National Defence (Greece) or Greek Minister for National Defence
31st » Tony Dorigo, Australian-English footballer and sportscaster
31st » Julie Doucet, Canadian cartoonist
31st » Gong Li, Chinese actress
31st » Nicholas Sparks, American author, screenwriter, and producer
Famous Deaths for December 1965
5th » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
9th » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
15th » M. Balasundaram, Ceylonese journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
16th » W. Somerset Maugham, French-English author and playwright (b. 1874)
21st » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
22nd » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)
24th » John Black (businessman) e.g John Black, English businessman (b. 1895)
24th » William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)