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, 1994
Day of Week 10th » Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General of the United Nations e.g Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
Day of Week 11th » First Chechen War: President of Russia named Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
11th » A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
Day of Week 14th » Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
Day of Week 15th » Palau becomes a member of the United Nations.
Day of Week 21st » Mexico called Mexican volcano Popocatépetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
Day of Week 24th » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of 3 days 3 passengers are killed, as are all 4 terrorists.
Day of Week 26th » Four Armed Islamic Group of Algeria Armed Islamic Group Aircraft hijacking hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a National Gendarmerie French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijac
Day of Week 31st » This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.