The largest structure ever made from adobe ( bricks ) was the Bam Citadel, which suffered serious damage ( up to 80 %) by an earthquake on December 26, 2003.

In December 2003 Aston Martin announced it would return to motor racing in 2005.

Since 31 December 2003, the system has been closed to new users, at that time, it covered 100 % of the Spanish population, but now some antennas have been given to GSM operators.

During grand jury testimony in December 2003 – which was illegally leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle and published in December 2004 – Giambi allegedly admitted to using many different steroids, including fertility drugs ( which could account for his declining health in the past few years ).

As a direct result of this, a brand new style across all presentation for the channel launched on 8 December 2003 at 09: 00.

In Shanghai, where bicycles were once the dominant mode of transport, bicycle travel on a few city roads was banned temporarily in December 2003.

October 2003: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December

By December 2001, it was ratified by the ECMA, with ISO standardization following in April 2003.

Another popular early project was Jonathon Fowler's JFDuke3D, which in December 2003 received backing from the original author of Build, programmer Ken Silverman.

Following the completion of a one-year stand-by program with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in December 2001, Ecuador successfully negotiated a new $ 205 million stand-by agreement with the IMF in March 2003.

* Lords of EverQuest ( PC, December 2003 )

The first building, the Life Sciences Laboratory, was dedicated and opened with 104 employees on the campus in December 2003.

Further to the north, Saint-Barthélemy and the northern French part of Saint Martin once came under the jurisdiction of Guadeloupe but on 7 December 2003, both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity, a decision which took effect on 22 February 2007.

On December 7, 2003, both of these areas voted to become an overseas territorial collectivity.

# Here is a version invented by Frank Rubin on December 4, 2003: Give me three English words, commonly spoken, ending in g-r-y.

In December 2003, Maple Leaf Heritage Investments, a Nova Scotia-based company created to acquire shares of Hudson's Bay Company, announced that it was considering making an offer to acquire all or some of the common shares of Hudson's Bay Company.

December 2005, Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 R2, which is actually Windows Server 2003 with SP1 ( Service Pack 1 ) plus an add-on package.

Windows Server 2003 R2, an update of Windows Server 2003, was released to manufacturing on 6 December 2005.

All stations commenced digital broadcasting during 2003, and in December 2003, a fifth station, TDT, began broadcasting.

In December 2003, Marvel Entertainment acquired Cover Concepts from Hearst Communications, Inc.

Saddam Hussein, who vanished in April, was captured on December 13, 2003.

Miss Burke will arrive in December also.

On December 14, they sent infielder Chris Burke, RHP Juan Gutiérrez, and RHP Chad Qualls to the Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP José Valverde.

* December 5 – James Lee Burke, American writer

In December, 1833, the General Assembly established a new western county, named Yancey, from sections of Burke and Buncombe Counties.

Members of the Kingwood Township Committee are Mayor Phillip Lubitz ( term ends December 31, 2011 ), Deputy Mayor Elaine Niemann ( 2012 ) and James Burke ( 2013 ).

In a letter to a friend on 24 December 1807, Palmerston described the late Whig MP Edmund Burke as possessing " the palm of political prophecy ".

James Solomon McDonald ( later Solomon McDonald Vincent Burke ) was born on the upper floor of the home of his maternal grandmother, Eleanor Alma " Mother " Moore ( born about 1900 in Florence, South Carolina ; died 19 December 1954 in Philadelphia ) in a row house at 3036 Mt Vernon Street, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1949 Vincent Burke ( born 1 December 1917 in Philadelphia ; died March 1978 in Philadelphia ), a 130 pound Hebrew-speaking black Jew, the son of an immigrant father from Kingston, Jamaica, who worked as a chicken plucker at Jake's Chicken Market, a kosher butcher shop at 40th and Girard, as well as a carpenter, who was a guitar player, became his stepfather.

In response Burke wrote his first song, " Christmas Presents From Heaven ," which he recorded in the local penny arcade and played for her on 18 December 1954, the day before her death at the age of 54.

After Burke sang at her funeral on 24 December 1954, some local church people asked him to perform at their Christmas program.

In December 1955 Burke and the Gospel Cavaliers performed at the Liberty Baptist Church, at 5944 Larchwood Avenue, West Philadelphia, and so impressed Viola Williams, wife of Kae " Loudmouth " Williams, a prominent African American Philadelphia deejay.

In December 1955 Burke was signed to Apollo, soon after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, Apollo's primary star, had left for Columbia Records, accusing Apollo of cheating her out of her royalties, and the owner, Bessie " Bess " Berman ( born June 3, 1902 in New York ; died October 29, 1997 ), of " having a plantation attitude toward Negroes.

From 2. 30pm on December 22, 1955 Burke made his first recordings for Apollo Records, six songs, in their studios at 457 West 45th Street, Manhattan, debuting with his own song " Christmas Presents " b / w " When I'm All Alone " ( Apollo 485 ), which debuted on DEcember 24, 1955 and became a minor hit.

By December 1958 Herb Abramson, founder of the newly established Triumph Records, signed Burke to a recording contract, with an eye on the pop market.

Burke released two singles on the Singular label: " Doodle Dee Doo " b / w " It's All Right " ( Singular 1314 ) in December 1959, and " This Little Ring " b / w " I'm Not Afraid " ( Singular 1812 ; and Mala 420 ) in May 1960, but neither single charted.

When Burke arrived for his first recording session at the Atlantic Records studio at 1841 Broadway, Manhattan, New York on 13 December 1960, he was given four songs, including his first Atlantic release, " Keep the Magic Working ", which was a flop, and " Just Out Of Reach ( Of My Two Empty Arms )", a cover of a country song written and recorded by Virgil " Pappy " Stewart, that had been a minor hit for Faron Young in 1953 (# 10 C & W ), and later for Patsy Cline.

Burke performed as part of a financially unsuccessful all-star bill organized by Sid Bernstein at the Medinah Temple in Chicago from 26 – 31 December 1961, with Dion, Frank Gari, Johnny Tillotson, Eddie Hodges, Freddie Cannon, Brenda Lee, Vicki Spencer, The Marvelettes, Clay Cole, Ral Donner, and Clarence " Frogman " Henry.

On December 6, 1961 Burke recorded one of his best known songs, " Cry to Me ", " an ode to loneliness and desire " " one of the first songs to unify country, gospel and R & B in one package ", that is considered " the paradigm for Southern soul ballads.

On December 12, 1963 Burke recorded three songs at Atlantic's New York studios, including " He'll Have To Go " (# 51 Pop ) ( Atlantic 2218 ), an early version of " Goodbye Baby Goodbye " (# 33 Pop ), and " Someone To Love Me " ( Atlantic 2226 ), with the Sweet Inspirations: ( Estelle Brown, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, and Dee Dee Warwick ) providing backing vocals.

" Written by Burke and his then wife, Delores Burke, and John " J. B ." Moore, " a vengeful song about getting past someone who has found a new lover, and ... inspired by Burke's marital strife ", it " features his smooth, solid voice lamenting the death of a love affair ", " Got to Get You Off My Mind " was started on 11 December 1964, just hours after Burke heard that his friend Sam Cooke had been murdered, just after Burke ate with him in a Los Angeles restaurant, and on the same day his third wife, Delores, the mother then of 11 of his children, informed him by mail that she wanted a divorce.

By December 1970 Burke formed eight of his children, including Kyrell " Connie " Burke Groves ; Eleanor A. Burke, who was named after his grandmother who raised him ; Melanie Burke ( born March 1960 ); Gemini Curtis Burke ( born June 3, 1961 ), Solomon Vincent Burke, Jr. ( born 15 October 1961 ); Carolyn Burke ; and John Fitzgerald Kennedy " JFK " Burke into a " kiddie-soul " group, the Sons and Daughters of Solomon, whose entire output consisted of " Think of the Children " ( later known as " Save the Children ") ( K14354 ), recorded on December 10, 1971 ; " Don't Leave Me Now " ( K14233 ) and " A Piece of Clay " ( K14354 ), recorded on 21 December 1970 ; MGM single, " Everybody's Got Fingers " ( written by Solomon Burke, and Melanie Burke and JFK Burke ), recorded on January 16, 1971 ; b / w " Don't Leave Me Now " ( MGM K14233 ), a single " Save the Children " ( 1972 ), and a 1973 album " Kid Power " ( PRD0010, MGS 2994 ), the soundtrack to Kid Power, a cartoon adaptation of Morrie Turner's Wee Pals comic strip that was part of ABC Television's Saturday morning lineup during the 1972 – 73 season, on MGM's Lion subsidiary.