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, 1984
Day of Week 1st » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
Day of Week 3rd » Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industri
Day of Week 4th » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers 1984 Mannar massacre known as kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar, Sri Lanka called Mannar.
4th » Hezbollah militants Aircraft hijacking named hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
Day of Week 19th » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret
Day of Week 20th » The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a Freight rail transport called freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden or Todmorden, England in the Pennines.
Day of Week 22nd » Bernhard Goetz shoots four African American would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1984
2nd » Péter Máté (footballer) called Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer