- 1903: Harry Houdini escaped from a police station in Amsterdam.
                     - 1915: The first Kiwanis International Club was founded in
                       Detroit.
                     - 1942: Pinball machines were banned in New York City. The law
                       wasn't changed until in 1976.
                     - 1966: George Harrison wed model/actress Patti "Layla" Boyd
                       whom he met on the set of the Beatles movie "HELP!"
                     - 1977: President Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft
                       dodgers, numbering over 10,000.
                     - 1977: President Carter urged families to leave their thermostats
                       set at 65 degrees in an effort to ease the energy crisis.
                     - 1986: 100 brave souls participated in the Nude Olympics running
                       race in Purdue, Indiana. Thermometers read 38 degrees.
                     - 1990: Tennis great John McEnroe was disqualified and expelled for
                       throwing a tantrum and using abusive language at an official at
                       the Australian Open.
                     - 1991: During the Gulf War, CBS newsman Bob Simon, CBS London
                       bureau chief Peter Bluff, a cameraman and soundman were captured
                       by Iraqi forces. They were released March 2.
                     - 1993: The largest doughnut ever made weighed 3,739 pounds and was
                       measured at 16 feet across and 16 inches tall in Utica, New York.
                     - 1994: Lorena Bobbitt was found temporarily insane and not guilty
                       of malicious wounding for severing her husband's penis.

                     * HAPPY BIRTHDAY *
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                     - Robby Benson, 43, actor/director
                     - Geena Davis, 42, actress, "Thelma and Louise"
                     - Mac Davis, 57, musician/singer
                     - Placido Domingo, 58, famous tenor, opera singer
                     - Jill Eikenberry, 52, actress
                     - Richie Havens, 58, folk singer
                     - Jack Nicklaus, 59, golfer
                     - Billy Ocean, 49, R&B singer
                     - Hakeem Olajuwon, 36, NBA player