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, 1970
Day of Week 2nd » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
Day of Week 15th » Soviet spacecraft 'Venera 7' successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies named landing on another planet
15th » The South Korean ferry 'Namyong Ho' capsizes in the Korea Strait, killing over 300 people.
Day of Week 17th » Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
Day of Week 23rd » The List of tenants in One World Trade Center North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City New York, New York is topped out at convert 1368 ft m, making it the tallest building in the world.
23rd » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a single-party state.
28th » Elaine Hendrix, American actress, singer, and producer
28th » Francesca Le, American porn actress and director
29th » Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
29th » Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
29th » Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket and Works Progress Administration (musical group) known as Works Progress Administration)
29th » Kevin Weisman, American actor
30th » Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)
31st » Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer
31st » Sven Kretschmer, German footballer
31st » Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter (Embrace (English band) or Embrace)
31st » Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
31st » Bryon Russell, American basketball player
Famous Deaths for December 1970
7th » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
9th » Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan called Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)
9th » Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
12th » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
14th » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) named German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
17th » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1970)
19th » Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887)
23rd » Charles Ruggles, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
23rd » Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician (b. 1890)
25th » Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
26th » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
29th » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)