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.

In December 2004 Joe Pasquale, winner of the fourth series of ITV's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here !, became well known for his frequent use of the term " Jacobs ", for Jacob's Crackers, a rhyming slang term for knackers i. e. testicles.

# 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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11 December 2004 Accessed.

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.

Barbara Olson ( December 27, 1955 September 11, 2001 ) was a lawyer and conservative American television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets.

During the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996, spending a total time of three months or more in the Channel Islands, England, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales precludes individuals from donating.

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

* Diffraction, Ri Channel Video, December 2011

This documentary and another ( Father Ted: Unintelligent Design and Small, Far Away – The World Of Father Ted ) followed by the episode Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse were repeated again on Channel 4 late in the evening of 26 December 2011.

John retreated back across the Channel in December, sending orders for the establishment of a fresh defensive line to the west of Chateau Gaillard.

In December 2011, Viz produced three animated shorts with Baby Cow for Channel 4's Comedy Blaps, voiced by Steve Coogan, Sarah Millican, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster.

In December 2011, Viz produced three animated shorts for Channel 4's Comedy Blaps with Baby Cow, voiced by Steve Coogan, Sarah Millican, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster.

In December 1944 Glenn Miller perished on a flight from London to Paris when his plane disappeared over the English Channel.

* December 3 – The wreck of the HMHS Britannic is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau.

* November 24 – December 2 – The Great Storm of 1703, an Atlantic hurricane, ravages southern England and the English Channel, killing nearly 8, 000, mostly at sea.

* December 14 – A huge storm and associated storm tide in the North Sea and English Channel, known as St. Lucia's flood in the Netherlands, kills thousands and reshapes the coastal line of the Netherlands and England.

This first series was followed by The Worst Christmas Jobs in History in December 2005 and then a second series of The Worst Jobs in History on Channel 4 in April 2006.

Tony Robinson and the Paranormal was first broadcast on Channel 4 in December 2008.

On December 21, 2005, Clear Channel completed the divestiture of Live Nation, and in 2007 the company divested their television stations to other firms, some which Clear Channel holds a small interest in.

Believing that the war was all but over, the English divided their forces and in December were routed by the fleet of Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp at the Battle of Dungeness in the English Channel.

In fact, when Serge Danot was interviewed by Joan Bakewell on Late Night Line-Up in 1968 his associate ( perhaps Jean Biard ) said that in France it was thought at first that the UK version of Pollux had been renamed De Gaulle, mishearing the name Dougal ( as seen in the Channel 4 documentary The Return Of The Magic Roundabout ( broadcast 08: 50 on December 25, 1991 and 18: 00 on January 5, 1992 ), and in the BBC4 documentary The Magic Roundabout Story ( 2003 )).

On December 1, 1986, Disney Channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day.

On December 14, 2008, it was announced that Disney Channel in the U. S. would bring back the animation block, which aired from 12 – 6 a. m.

In December 2011, Disney Channel has pulled an episode from its original series Shake It Up, titled " Party It Up ".

* TWC also ran The Weather Channel Latin America, which operated in Spanish in Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America ; this network ceased operations in December 2002.

Space Channel 5 was first released in Japan for the Dreamcast on December 16, 1999.

The Santa Barbara Channel received its name from Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino when he sailed over the channel waters in 1602 ; he entered the channel on December 4, the day of the feast of Santa Barbara.