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, 2006
Day of Week 4th » Jena Six called Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
Day of Week 5th » Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
Day of Week 6th » NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
Day of Week 7th » A 2006 London tornado called tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
Day of Week 11th » The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
11th » Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a Operation Michoacán or military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
Day of Week 15th » First flight of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Day of Week 18th » The first of a 2006–2007 Malaysian floods named series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
18th » United Arab Emirates holds its United Arab Emirates parliamentary election, 2006 named first-ever elections.
Day of Week 26th » An Pipeline transport For oil or natural gas named oil pipeline in Lagos, Nigeria 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion known as explodes, killing at least 260.
Day of Week 29th » UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
Day of Week 30th » Madrid–Barajas Airport is 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing called bombed.
30th » The Indonesian passenger ferry MV e.g Senopati Nusantara sinks in a storm, resulting in at least 400 deaths.
30th » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein Execution of Saddam Hussein named is executed.