7th » The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
9th » A Red Square Bombing e.g blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
13th » Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn Former President of Iraq or Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
14th » President of Pakistan or Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
17th » The Soham murders e.g Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, England, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
17th » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes SpaceShipOne flight 11P e.g its first powered and first supersonic flight.
23rd » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
25th » The ill-fated 'Beagle 2' probe, released from the Mars Express Spacecraft on December 19, disappears shortly before its scheduled landing.
26th » A 2003 Bam earthquake called magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, Iran or Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
29th » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami language named Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.