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, 1991
Day of Week 1st » Cold War: Ukraine called Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a Ukrainian independence referendum, 1991 named referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 2nd » Canada and Poland become the first nations on earth to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 4th » Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
4th » Captain Mark Pyle pilots 'Clipper Goodwill', a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
Day of Week 8th » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
8th » The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.
Day of Week 12th » The Russia known as Russian Federation gains independence from the Soviet Union called USSR.
Day of Week 20th » A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to capital punishment e.g death for the Honor killing in the United States e.g honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
20th » Paul Keating sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Australia after defeating Bob Hawke in a leadership ballot of the Australian Labor Party.
Day of Week 22nd » Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
Day of Week 26th » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 31st » All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.