How Many Days in a Year-Facts, Holidays, Events
There are 365 days in a year.
Are there 364 or 365 days in a year?
After all, 52x7 is only 364 and there are 365 days in a non-leap year and 366 days in a leap year. Therefore there are always MORE than 52 weeks in a year. Sometimes 52 weeks 1 day (non-leap year).
How Many Days More Until December 31, 2021
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More About December
Besides knowing "How Many Days in a Year" in this useful article, you can also know the fun facts, Holidays, History of the month of December, Historical Events, Famous Births and Deaths, Famous weddings, and Divorce in December.
December 31 is the 365th day and the last day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
It is known by a group of names as the following day is New Year’s Day.
The other names of this day include:
- Saint Sylvester's Day,
- New Year's Eve or
- Old Year’s Day/ Night.
The following day is January 1, the first day of the following year.
The other name of this Month
- Bingo Month
- Safe Toys and Gifts Month
- World Food Service Safety Month
- Write a Friend Month
History of the Month December
In the Roman calendar, December was initially the tenth month of the year. From the Latin word "Decem", it gets its name “December”, which means tenth. However, when the Romans added January and February to the calendar, as a result, it became the twelfth (12) month.
Holidays on December 31, 2021
- National Champagne Day
- No Interruptions Day – December 31, 2021 (Last Work Day of the Year)
- Make Up Your Mind Day
- Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
- New Year’s Eve
- Universal Hour of Peace
- World Peace Meditation Day
- Watch Night
Fun Facts about December
- December is the first month of winter and the last month of the year.
- December 12th is Poinsettia Day.
- National Cookie Day is December 4th. Other type of snacks also celebrated this month including cotton candy, pie, cocoa, chocolate brownies, and cupcakes.
- December often marks the beginning of snow, rain, and cold weather.
- In the United States this month December is associated with Christmas.
- There are Christmas decorations, musicals, sales, and parties. People spend their time Christmas shopping.
- Most of the people have days off around Christmas and before New Year's Eve.
- December (Northern Hemisphere) is similar to June (Southern Hemisphere).
- The first day of winter is on either December 21 or 22. This is the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is called the winter or Southern solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
December in Other Languages
| Spanish | Diciembre |
| Latin | December |
| Italian | Dicembre |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | Shí'èryuè |
| French | Décembre |
| Danish | December |
Historical Names
| Roman | December |
| Germanic | Heil-mond (Holy month) |
| Saxon | Giuli |
Birth Flower of the Month December
The Birth Flower(s) for December is:
- Holly/Narcissus - Sweetness, Vanity, Self-Esteem, The Sweetness in taste.
Famous Weddings and Divorces
| 2000 | Kate Hudson (Actress) marries Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson |
| 1997 | Helen Mirren (Actress) marries director Taylor Hackford |
| 1997 | Will Smith (Actor and singer) marries actress Jada Pinkett |
| 1955 | Gregory Peck (Actor) marries philanthropist Veronique Passani |
| 1940 | Bette Davis (Actress) marries innkeeper Arthur Farnsworth |
Famous Birthdays and Deaths on December 31
Birthdays
| 1995 | Gabby Douglas | American gymnast |
| 1977 | Donald Trump, Jr | American Ex-President and businessman and son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump |
| 1972 | Joey McIntyre | American singer, songwriter, and actor (New Kids on the Block) |
| 1965 | Nicholas Sparks | American author, screenwriter, and producer (The Notebook) |
| 1959 | Val Kilmer | American actor and producer (Top Gun) |
| 1948 | Donna Summer | American singer and songwriter (Last Dance) (d. 2012) |
| 1947 | Tim Matheson | American director, actor, and producer (Animal House, West Wing, Hart of Dixie) |
| 1946 | Diane von Furstenberg | Belgian-American fashion designer |
| 1943 | Ben Kingsley | English actor (Gandhi) |
| 1943 | John Denver | American country singer, songwriter, and actor (Rocky Mountain High) (d. 1997) |
| 1860 | Joseph S. Cullinan | An American businessman who co-founded Texaco (d. 1937) |
Deaths
| 2016 | William Christopher | American actor (b. 1932) |
| 2015 | Wayne Rogers | American actor and investor (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Wayne Rogers | American actor (Mash) (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Natalie Cole | American singer and songwriter, and daughter of Nat King Cole (b. 1950) |
| 2014 | Norm Phelps | American author and activist (b. 1939) |
| 1985 | Ricky Nelson | American actor, singer, songwriter (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) (b. 1940) |
| 1384 | John Wycliffe | English religious reformer who was the first person to translate the Bible into English (b. 1331) |
Historical Events at Last Day of Year-December 31 (1)
| 2020 | The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine. |
| 2019 | The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2018 | Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia. |
| 2011 | NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon. |
| 2009 | Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur. |
| 2000 | The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium. |
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