December 19, 2003
- Italian dairy company Parmalat declared a 3. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Parmalat SpA ( is a Multinational Italian Dairy and food corporation 96 billion euro hole in its accounts when the amount held by Cayman Islands-based unit, Bonlat Financing Corporation, was declared false by Bank of America. [1]
- Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi acknowledges that his country was pursuing a development program for weapons of mass destruction but now agrees to its dismantling. Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi 1 (معمر القذافي) (born 7 June 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e [2]
- A revised plan is unveiled for the new Freedom Tower which will be erected on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. 1 World Trade Center, or the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex currently under construction in Lower Manhattan in The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan The City of New York At a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 m) (1776 is significant as the year of the United States Declaration of Independence) the projected edifice will be among the tallest buildings in the world. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then [3] [4]
- Occupation of Iraq:
- U.S.-appointed civil administrator of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer reveals that he survived an attack on his convoy on December 6. Iraq War|2007 in Iraq|2008 in IraqThe post-invasion period in Iraq The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30 1941 known as Paul Bremer and also nicknamed Jerry Bremer, is an American Diplomat. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev [5]
- Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi orders the deployment of Japanese forces for non-combat duties in Southern Iraq; polls show that most Japanese voters are opposed to the mission. The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006 [6]
- Flights from Vancouver International Airport bound for the U. S. are delayed following the discovery of an envelope containing suspicious white powder and a threatening note at one of the terminals. [7]
- SARS quarantine orders are lifted on up to 75 people in Singapore but concerns remain that the deadly virus could yet make a comeback across Asia. Singapore A virus (from the Latin virus meaning Toxin or Poison) is a sub-microscopic infectious agent that is unable [8]
- Australia sends AU$1. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas 2m to Nauru so that the Pacific island-state can pay its public servants before Christmas in a move that Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says illustrates the need for long-term solutions to the island's deep-seated problems. Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, is an Island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December [9]
- In a major blow to the recording industry's efforts to stamp out online file sharing, a United States federal appeals court invalidates subpoenas issued against Verizon to identify individual P2P users. See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal A subpoena (səˈpiːnə is commonly defined as a written command to a person to Testify before a Court or be punished "Verizon" redirects here this article is about the corporation see also Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS. For other uses of the term see Peer-to-peer (disambiguation For peer-to-peer networks used for file sharing see File sharing [10]
- The British spacecraft Beagle 2 successfully separates from the ESA's Mars Express orbiter and is now less than 10 days away from its scheduled landing on the surface of Mars; it will attempt to parachute onto the surface on Christmas morning. Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agency 's 2003 Mars Express mission The European Space Agency ( ESA) established in 1975 is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 17 member Mars Express is a Space exploration mission being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian [11] [12] [13]
- Police seal off the printing plant and offices of Zimbabwe's last remaining independent daily newspaper, Daily News. See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election [14]
- Same-sex marriage in Canada: an Ontario court rules that Canadians whose same-sex partners died after 1985 are entitled to survivors' benefits. On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) It is believed to be the first class-action lawsuit awarding compensation to gays and lesbians anywhere in the world. In Law, a class action or a representative action is a form of Lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women [15]
- The University of Delaware's Blue Hens shut out Colgate University to win the NCAA Division I-AA football national championship. The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with [16]
- Jason Cooper, a cousin of Alonzo Mourning (a player of the NBA Team the Miami Heat), donated him his kidney because he Mourning had suffered from a career ending kidney disease.
- Juan Rozon and Angelica Ruiz, meet at an Outback Steakhouse in Queens NY and instantly fall in love!
- Ricardo Alfonso Cerna killed himself while in police custody. Ricardo Alfonso Cerna (c 1956-December 19 2003 was a Guatemalan immigrant to the United States who became famous for committing
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