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Librarian of Congress James Billington, in interview, offers explanation of why National Lampoon's Animal House and some of 24 other films have been added to National Film Registry; eclectic list includes Young Frankenstein, Patton, Tarzan and His Mate and early Pixar short, Tin Toy; photos (M)
Campaign for Fiscal Equity says New York City schools need $4.1 billion above 2001-2002 academic year, or 36 percent increase, in order to achieve goal of bringing sound basic education to all students; figure does not include buildings to house students in smaller classrooms demanded by court order; equates basic education to Regents diploma for first time; document will probably serve as starting point for discussion; Gov George E Pataki says standards and accountability are also necessary along with additional resources (M)
Television show Sex and the City is ending its run, but New York City, whose restaurants, buildings and streets are as much part of show as any of its characters, lives on; photos (M)
Aventis chief executive Igor Landau is expected to make his strongest case yet for spurning $60 billion hostile bid from Sanofi-Synthelabo as he presents company's 2003 results at hotel ballroom in London on Feb 5; photo (M)
British Sky Broadcasting's chief financial officer Martin Stewart will leave in August to pursue other interests (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 4, 2004, covering February 5, 2004.
OutKast
Sheryl Crow
Evanescence
Various Artists
Ruben Studdard
2004John Hench, American animator (born 1908)[†]
John Hench was an American artist, designer and director at The Walt Disney Company. For 65 years, he helped design and develop various Disney attractions and theme parks.
2004Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.[†]
The National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti was a rebel group in Haiti that controlled most of the country following the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004, to emphasize its national scope.
In 2004, the world population was approximately 6,503,377,772 people[†]