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.

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.

On December 13, 1929, the New York Rangers became the first team in the NHL to travel by plane when they hired the Curtiss-Wright Corporation to fly them to Toronto for a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs which they would lose 7-6.

On December 13, 2008, the Maple Leafs received their first Saturday off ( apart from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ) in nearly 13 years.

The Ducks had their first shut out in team history on December 15, 1993, 1 – 0 versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Maple Shade became a branch in April, 2001 while Riverton, the newest branch, joined in December 2003.

* December 1, 2009: the Toronto Maple Leafs won 3 – 0 over the Montreal Canadiens with Jonas Gustavsson who left the game after the first period because of heart problems.

On December 22, 2006, he scored his 500th NHL career goal at the United Center, in Chicago's 3 – 1 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers ' Pension Plan announced that it would sell its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to two major telecommunications companies ; Bell Canada ( TSN's main parent company ) and Rogers Communications ( owners of the competing Sportsnet chain of sports channels ) with a 37. 5 % share each ( Larry Tanenbaum will increase his ownership to a quarter of the company as well ), in a deal expected to be valued at around $ 1. 32 billion in total.

Terrance Gordon Sawchuk ( December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970 ) was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.

After Lindros was cleared to play in December, the Flyers refused to deal his rights to the Toronto Maple Leafs, as he preferred, and Lindros sat out the entire 2000 – 01 season.

Davie was married December 3, 1874, to Constance Langford Skinner of Maple Bay, British Columbia.

He made his NHL debut during the 1996-97 season with the Colorado Avalanche on December 21, 1996, getting no points in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Belak began the 2007-08 with the Maple Leafs, and on December 4, 2007, Belak ended his 143 game scoreless drought, as he scored against Chris Mason of the Nashville Predators in a 3-1 Maple Leafs win.

After graduating from high school one semester early in December 1998, he was given a baseball scholarship to Maple Woods Community College.

Other incidents include the December 12, 1933 event when Eddie Shore rammed Toronto Maple Leafs star Ace Bailey from behind, causing Bailey to strike his head on the ice ; Bailey never played hockey again.

In Boston on December 12, 1933, Shore ended the career of Toronto Maple Leafs star Ace Bailey when he hit Bailey from behind.

Ekman dislocated his left elbow in a home game win ( 4-1 ) against Toronto Maple Leafs on 29 December 2006 .< ref >

Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps, ( January 18, 1915 – December 24, 1998 ) of Paris, Ontario, was a Canadian pole vaulter and professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario.

Midway through the season, he became the first player in Penguins ' history to have consecutive four-goal games, doing so against the New York Islanders on December 23, 1991, and the Toronto Maple Leafs three days later.

The Washington Capitals retired Gartner's # 11 in a ceremony before their game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 28, 2008.

Mike Nykoluk ( born December 11, 1934 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played one season in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and who coached for seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.

On December 27, 2000, Mario Lemieux, returned from his three-and-a-half-year retirement and, that night on Hockey Night in Canada, Mario registered his first assist 33 seconds into the game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Theodore Samuel " Teeder " Kennedy ( December 12, 1925 – August 14, 2009 ) was a professional ice hockey centre who played his entire career with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1942 to 1957 and was captain for eight seasons.