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Article on new photographic exhibition at Prado Museum in Madrid paying tribute to hundreds of members of art protection committees who risked all to save Spain's artistic heritage during Spanish Civil War; photos (M)
Sanford I Weill says he will step down as chief executive of Citigroup at end of year; longtime confidant Charles O Prince is named his successor; unexpected announcement ends years of speculation about when Weill, 70, would put succession plan in place at world's largest financial services company; Weill says he will remain as chairman until spring of 2006; Robert B Willumstad, president of Citigroup, is named chief operating officer; Robert E Rubin will remain chairman of executive committee; some shareholder advocates and competitors dismiss planned management changes as largely cosmetic; note that Weill is not leaving company and that his handpicked successors are his most loyal lieutenants; Weill built Citigroup over last decade through series of audacious acquisitions; company's history recalled; photos (L)
New York Mets trade relief pitcher Armando Benitez to New York Yankees for relief pitcher Jason Anderson and minor league pitchers Ryan Bicondoa and Anderson Garcia; Yankees will pay for remaining salary on Benitez's contract, which is more than $2 million; photos (M)
Article on opening of exhibit at New Museum celebrating life and legacy of Nigerian singer and political activist Fela AnikulapoKuti, who died in 1997; photos (M)
Article on strong personal and professional relationship between Sanford I Weill, who is stepping down as chief executive of Citigroup, and Charles O Prince, who will succeed him; their contrasting personalities discussed; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 16, 2003, covering July 17, 2003.
Ashanti
Beyonce
Luther Vandross
Michelle Branch
50 Cent
2003David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (born 1944)[†]
David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology facilities in Russia in the early 1990s and concluded they were running a covert and illegal BW programme. He was appointed to the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1991 as one of its chief weapons inspectors in Iraq and led ten of the organisation's missions between May 1991 and December 1998. He also worked with UNSCOM's successor, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and led several of their missions into Iraq. During his time with UNMOVIC he was key in uncovering the anthrax production programme at the Salman Pak facility, and a BW programme run at Al Hakum.
2003Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (born 1914)[†]
Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, she had a wide-ranging repertoire that included works by composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Frédéric Chopin, as well as more modern composers such as David Diamond, Luigi Dallapiccola and William Schuman. Diamond's Piano Sonata No. 1 was inspired by Tureck's playing. She was one of the great pianists of the 20th Century and she is also known as the High Priestess of Bach.
2003Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (born 1905)[†]
Walter Zapp was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
In 2003, the world population was approximately 6,420,361,634 people[†]