December (Roman month) December (Roman month) December (from Latin "decem", "ten") or mensis December was originally the tenth month of the Roman calendar, following November ("novem", "nine") and preceding Ianuarius. It had 29 days. When the calendar was reformed to create a 12-month year starting in Ianuarius, December became the twelfth month, but retained its name, as did the other numbered months from Quintilis (July) through December. Its length was increased to 31 days under the Julian calendar reform. The Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the first day through the last. Instead, they counted back from the three
Goal of the Month (Germany) Goal of the Month (Germany) The Goal of the Month () is, like the "Goal of the Year", the "ARD Goal of the Decade" and "Goal of the Century", an individual soccer award selected by viewers of "Sportschau" (German TV channel ARD). Honored are spectatular or important football goals mostly scored in or for Germany. The "Goal of the Month Award" and the "Goal of the Year Award" were incepted in 1971 by the German TV station ARD, back then one of only two public broadcasting agencies in Germany, in its Saturday evening "Sportschau" report in the channel of "Das