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, 2011
Day of Week 13th » A 2011 Liège attack named murder-suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
Day of Week 28th » Uludere airstrike: Turkey named Turkish warplanes bomb 34 Kurdish people named Kurds of Turkish nationality in the district of Uludere.
Day of Week 30th » Owing to a Samoa Time Zone or change of time zone the day is skipped in Samoa and Tokelau.
Day of Week 31st » NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the moon.
Famous Deaths for December 2011
1st » Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929)
3rd » Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
4th » Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
4th » Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
5th » Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
5th » Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
6th » Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
7th » Harry Morgan, American actor and director (b. 1915)
11th » John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (b. 1935)
11th » Susan Gordon, American actress and singer (b. 1949)
13th » T. J. Bass, American physician and author (b. 1932)
13th » Kabir Chowdhury, Bangladeshi author and academic (b. 1923)
13th » Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
14th » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (b. 1913)
14th » Billie Jo Spears, American singer (b. 1937)
15th » Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (b. 1929)
15th » Christopher Hitchens, English-American journalist and author (b. 1949)
15th » Frank X. McDermott, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
15th » Jason Richards, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1976)