By The Associated Press

                      - Today is Saturday, Feb. 20, the 51th day of 1999. There are 314
                        days left in the year.

                      - On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American
                        to orbit the Earth.
                      - In 1790, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II died.
                      - In 1792, President Washington signed an act creating the U.S.
                        Post Office.
                      - In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal
                        government is greater than that of any individual state.
                      - In 1839, Congress prohibited dueling in the District of
                        Columbia.
                      - In 1895, abolitionist Frederick Douglass died in Washington D.C.
                      - In 1933, the House of Representatives completed congressional
                        action on an amendment to repeal Prohibition.
                      - In 1938, Anthony Eden resigned as British foreign secretary in a
                        dispute with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
                      - In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German
                        aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became
                        known as "Big Week."
                      - In 1965, the Ranger Eight spacecraft crashed on the moon after
                        sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
                      - Ten years ago: Members of the European Economic Community
                        decided to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran to protest
                        Ayatollah Khomeini's order for Muslims to kill author Salman
                        Rushdie.
                      - Five years ago: Bosnian Serbs, faced with the threat of air
                        strikes, pulled back most of their heavy guns from around Sarajevo
                        as a NATO deadline approached.
                      - One year ago: With the U.S. military poised to attack Iraq, U.N.
                        Secretary-General Kofi Annan began a final campaign to end the
                        crisis over U.N weapons inspections without bloodshed. Tara
                        Lipinski of the U.S. won the ladies' figure skating title at
                        Nagano, becoming at age 15 the youngest gold medalist in Winter
                        Olympics history; Michelle Kwan won the silver.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt is 75.
                      - Movie director Robert Altman is 74.
                      - Actor Sidney Poitier is 72.
                      - Jazz-soul singer Nancy Wilson is 62.
                      - Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 58.
                      - Hockey Hall-of-Famer Phil Esposito is 57.
                      - Movie director Mike Leigh is 56.
                      - Actress Sandy Duncan is 53.
                      - Rock musician J. Geils is 53.
                      - Actor Peter Strauss is 52.
                      - Rock singer-musician-producer Walter Becker (Steely Dan) is 49.
                      - Actor Edward Albert is 48.
                      - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 45.
                      - Basketball player Charles Barkley is 36.
                      - Rock musician Ian Brown (Stone Roses) is 36.
                      - Actor French Stewart is 35.
                      - Model Cindy Crawford is 33.
                      - Actor Jake Richardson is 14.