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Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the December solstice. The December solstice, also known as the southern solstice, is the solstice that occurs each December – typically on 21 December, but may vary by one day in either direction according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, the December solstice is the winter ...
December 1, 1933 (Friday)[ edit] Born: Lou Rawls, African-American singer, in Chicago (d. 2006) Hiroshi Fujimoto, Japanese cartoon artist who teamed with Motoo Abiko to write under the pseudonym Fujiko Fujio; in Toyama Prefecture (d. 1996) Died: Harry de Windt, 67, British explorer; Richard B. Mellon, 75, American financier.
The International Fixed Calendar (also known as the IFC, Cotsworth plan, the Cotsworth calendar and the Eastman plan) is a proposed calendar reform designed by Moses B. Cotsworth, first presented in 1902. [1] The International Fixed Calendar divides the year into 13 months of 28 days each. A type of perennial calendar, every date is fixed to ...
December 18, 1944 (Monday) Typhoon Cobra struck the United States Pacific Fleet and did severe damage to Task Force 38. Destroyers Hull, Monaghan and Spence all foundered in the storm. The typhoon was a significant plot element in Herman Wouk's novel "The Caine Mutiny". Douglas MacArthur was made a five-star general in the U.S. Army.
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. [1] [2] [3] A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physical record (often paper) of such a system.
December 10, 1911 (Sunday) Dante's Inferno, a 69-minute (five reel) silent film based on the 14th Century vision of Hell written by Dante Alighieri, premiered at the Gane's Manhattan Theater in New York. Bringing the Devil to the silver screen for the first time, the Italian made film was a success.