20 mei 2004 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♉. Het was de 140e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was George W. Bush.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 22 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op woensdag 20 mei 2026, 18 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op donderdag 20 mei 2027, in 346 dagen. Je hebt 8.053 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 193.291 uur, of ongeveer 11.597.508 minuten, of ongeveer 695.850.480 seconden.
Date: 21 May 2004
By James Brooke
James Brooke
Prime Min Junichiro Koizumi of Japan orders security to be heightened following reports in news media that French citizen Lionel Dumont, said to be linked to Al Qaeda, has repeatedly entered country from Malaysia using fake passport; police are investigating whether Dumont tried to set up terrorist cell in Japan; Japan has tightened rail security in wake of Madrid train bombings; photo (M)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Julia Preston
Julia Preston
Judge John G Koeltl repeatedly reminds prospective jurors in case of Lynne F Stewart, New York civil rights lawyer, that trial is not related to Sept 11 attacks; Stewart is accused of helping Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, a client, communicate messages from his jail in Minnesota, where he is serving life sentence for terrorism conspiracy, to Islamic Group, terrorist group he once headed; jurors are also given list of reporters, which includes Judith Miller and Joseph P Fried of New York Times, and asked if they know any of them personally; reporters may be called to testify (M)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Michael Coffey
Michael Coffey
Op-Ed article by Michael Coffey, prompted by Randy Johnson's perfect game days ago, notes fact that in first 60 years of 20th century, there only were four perfect games, while in past 45 years there have been 11; says money has much to do with this increase; notes that with free agency, players' best efforts are handsomely rewarded; says they work harder, and they now have financial incentive to do so; says that with heavy media coverage, they know that extraordinary accomplishments are wildly celebrated (M)
Date: 21 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Group of 13 HealthSouth bondholders rejects company offer to delay some payments and filings as company tries to restructure $3.34 billion of debt (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Bayer AG says Food and Drug Administration has approved its Avelox antibiotic for new use in treating drug-resistant pneumonia (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Procter & Gamble is reducing its number of operating units to three from five and is promoting Susan E Arnold and Robert A McDonald to position of vice chairman; three units are beauty care, health, baby and family care and household care, which will includ products in food unit (S)
Date: 20 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Drug wholesaler Cardinal Health acquires Alaris Medical Systems for $1.62 billion; Alaris makes computerized system that controls how much of a drug patient receives intravenously (S)
Date: 21 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
DuPont has developed genetic trait that could compete with technology from rival Monsanto in $2.2 billion global market for herbicide-resistant crops; trait was developed by DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred International unit and Verdia unit of Maxygen (S)
Date: 21 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Southwest Bancorp of Texas plans to buy Klein Bancshares for $165 million, adding branches in two Texas counties (S)
Date: 21 May 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Steel Dynamics raises its second-quarter profit forecast for second time in about month (S)