Month December 1924 Calendar

About Month of December Calendar

• 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, 1924

• Day of Week 19th » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
• Day of Week 20th » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison
• Day of Week 24th » Albania becomes a republic.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1924

• 2nd » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
• 2nd » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 3rd » Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 3rd » F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist and author
• 3rd » Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2012)
• 3rd » John Winter (athlete) called John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
• 4th » John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
• 6th » Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
• 7th » Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (d. 2013)
• 7th » John Love (racing driver) known as John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
• 7th » Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal
• 8th » Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic
• 10th » Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
• 11th » Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (d. 2009)
• 12th » Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio and television host
• 12th » Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
• 13th » Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
• 13th » George Shuba, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 14th » Raj Kapoor, Pakistani-Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
• 15th » Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and educator (d. 2013)
• 16th » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
• 17th » Gopalan Kasturi, Indian journalist (d. 2012)
• 19th » Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)
• 19th » Doug Harvey (ice hockey) named Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
• 19th » Gary Morton, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 1999)
• 19th » Edmund Purdom, English-Italian actor (d. 2009)
• 20th » Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
• 21st » Rita Reys, Dutch singer (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director
• 23rd » Bob Kurland, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 24th » Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 24th » Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
• 24th » Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 24th » Norman Rossington, English actor (d. 1999)
• 25th » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created 'The Twilight Zone' (d. 1975)
• 25th » Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India
• 26th » Frank Broyles, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 27th » James A. McClure, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2011)
• 27th » Hung Sin-nui, Chinese actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 28th » Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
• 29th » Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)
• 31st » Taylor Mead, American actor and poet (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for December 1924

• 2nd » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 6th » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 9th » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 12th » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 13th » Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 28th » Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)
• 29th » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

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