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, 1982
Day of Week 2nd » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark (patient) or Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
Day of Week 3rd » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins called dioxin.
Day of Week 6th » The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army Droppin Well bombing e.g bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, County Londonderry or Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
Day of Week 7th » In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be capital punishment or executed by lethal injection in the United States.
Day of Week 8th » In Suriname, December murders known as several opponents of the military government are killed.
Day of Week 23rd » The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds e.g dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.