In December 2004, the Santa Fe Film Festival honored Alfonso Arau for his work in cinema.

On 26 December 2004, the coast of the Andaman Islands was devastated by a high tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

A private member's bill — the Succession to the Crown Bill — was introduced in the House of Lords in December 2004.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

* American Medical Association, AMA Says Alcohol Industry Targets Teen Girls, December 16, 2004.

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 ).

Ruth's heavy Louisville Slugger solid ash wood bat sold for $ 1. 26 million at a Sotheby's auction in December 2004.

644 ( October – December 2004 ): 413 – 431.

On December 3, 2004, the ceremony broke the Guinness World Record for Christmas caroling with 7, 514 carolers.

: On December 16, 2004, the CIA added an entry for the European Union ( EU ).

* The Growth of Inflation Symmetry, December 2004

In December 2004, the EU leaders announced that accession negotiations with Croatia would start on March 17, 2005 provided that Croatian government cooperates fully with the ICTY.

In December 2002, the EU formally invited Cyprus to join in 2004, insisting that EU membership would apply to the whole island and hoping that it would provide a significant enticement for reunification resulting from the outcome of ongoing talks.

" Images of race and redemption: The Protestant missionary contribution to Carl Meinhof's Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen ", Le Fait Missionaire: Social Sciences and Missions 15 ( December 2004 ), 59-96.

# The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head — March 1, 2004 to December 5, 2004

# Thriving on Vague Objectives — December 6, 2004 to September 11, 2005

In December 2004, a tsunami generated near Indonesia caused minor shoreline erosion on Barton Point ( the northeast point of the atoll of Diego Garcia ).

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In December 2004, the Supreme Court lifted a stay thereby allowing the Brazil-based União do Vegetal ( UDV ) church to use a decoction containing DMT in their Christmas services that year.

* Lowest Confluence: in Matrūh, Egypt at-255 feet (- 78 m ), first visited by Dave Morrison, Steve Price and Tony Carlisle on December 4, 2004.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

* Receiving Touchdowns: 4 Joe Horn ( December 14, 2003 vs New York Giants )

* Total Touchdowns, Game: 4 Joe Horn ( December 14, 2003 vs New York Giants ) & Reggie Bush ( December 3, 2006 vs San Francisco 49ers )

While Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark rebuffed the notion, the talks moved ahead and eventually in December 2003, the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative parties voted to rejoin into a new party called the Conservative Party of Canada.

* December 12 – Joe Williams, American jazz singer ( d. 1999 )

* December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player ( Say It Ain't So, Joe ) ( b. 1889 )

* December 21 – Joe Paterno, American football coach and philanthropist ( d. 2012 )

* December 19 – Joe " King " Oliver, American jazz musician ( d. 1938 )

* December 16 – Joe Absolom, British actor

* December 9 – Joe Kelley, American Baseball Hall of Famer ( d. 1943 )

* December 22 – American cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio discovers the correct number of human chromosomes, forty-six.

* December 14 – Joe Simon, American comic book writer and artist ( b. 1913 )

Johnson finally won the world heavyweight title on December 26, 1908, a full six years after lightweight champion Joe Gans became the first African American boxing champion.

On December 19, 2006, Allen Iverson, along with Ivan McFarlin, were sent to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for guard Andre Miller, forward Joe Smith, and two first-round draft picks.

On December 19, 2006, the Nuggets traded Joe Smith, Andre Miller and two first-round draft picks of the 2007 NBA Draft to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ivan McFarlin and superstar Allen Iverson ( McFarlin was waived immediately following the trade's approval ).

* Green Day: Played 3 times at The Garden, December 5, 1994 ( concert which singer Billie Joe Armstrong played the song She completely naked ) and two sold-out consecutive nights in July 27 and 28, 2009.

Bassist Michelle Leon left the group in December 1991, shortly before the recording of their second album, due to the death of her boyfriend, Joe Cole.

Larry Norman was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the oldest son of Joe Hendrex " Joe Billy " Norman ( December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999 ), who had served as a sergeant in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and worked at the Southern Pacific Railroad while studying to become a teacher, and his wife, Margaret Evelyn " Marge " Stout ( born in 1925 in Nebraska ).

The Butler Bulletin, serving eastern DeKalb County, Ind., was purchased by KPC Media Group Inc. in December 2005, from publisher Joe Shelton, who founded the newspaper in 1976.

Members of the Woolwich Township Committee are Mayor Sam Maccarone ( term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Jonathan Fein ( 2012 ), Joe Chila ( 2011 ), Ted Otten ( 2011 ) and John Descano ( 2013 ).

, Township Committee members are Mayor Joe Lachawiec ( R, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Dennis Tredy ( R, 2013 ) and Tina Wetter ( R, 2011 ).