The April 19, 2003 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 108 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 23 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, April 19, 2026, 64 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, April 19, 2027, in 300 days. You have lived for 8,465 days, or about 203,163 hours, or about 12,189,810 minutes, or about 731,388,600 seconds.
Date: 20 April 2003
By Jim Rutenberg and Bill Carter
Jim Rutenberg
Role of television coverage in Iraq war examined; experts are sharply divided on success of news coverage, with some claiming great success and others questioning whether clear and complete picture was broadcast, suggesting public never received totally compenhensive picture of what was taking place; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller
Bush administration gets high marks from both supporters and critics for its wartime public relations campaign at home; spin created by use of carefully chosen stock phrases, embedding of reporters and frequent briefings by Press Sec Ari Fleischer and Brig Gen Vincent K Brooks at Central Command in Qatar cited; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By Chang W. Lee
Chang Lee
Excerpts of diary of photographer Chang W Lee, who witnessed war in Iraq firsthand; describes fear arising from uncertainty and how that dictates reaction to surroundings; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By James Hill
James Hill
Excerpts of diary of photographer James Hill, who witnessed war in Iraq firsthand; describes arriving on scene of fighting between Marines and Iraqis, many of whom describe being forced to join fighting forces at gunpoint; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By Ruth Fremson
Ruth Fremson
Excerpts of diary of photographer Ruth Fremson, who witnessed war in Iraq firsthand; describes her impressions of northern city of Kirkuk as some Iraqis celebrate fall of Saddam Hussein while others mourn their dead; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By Ozier Muhammad
Ozier Muhammad
Excerpts of diary of photographer Ozier Muhammad, who witnessed war in Iraq firsthand; recalls experience with Marine Division when explosions shook area where they were sleeping; photos (M)
Date: 20 April 2003
By Todd S. Purdum
Todd Purdum
Overview of news coverage of war in Iraq by New York Times correspondents and photographers; photos (L)
Date: 19 April 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Standard & Poor's Corp lowers credit and debt ratings of AAR Corp, which leases and maintains aircraft part for airlines (S)
Date: 19 April 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
NTT DoCoMo Inc will help defray costs to develop newer handsets for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and NEC Corp for two years, signaling optimism that lower-priced phones with longer battery life will spur demand for its high-speed wireless service (S)7
Date: 19 April 2003
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
United Steelworkers of America members at Noranda's zinc-lead mine near Bathurst, New Brunswick, agree to new contract that increases wages by average of 9.6 percent over its three-year term (S)