By The Associated Press
                - Today is Monday, March 1, the 60th day of 1999. There are 305 days
                  left in the year.

                - On March 1, 1974, seven people, including former Nixon White House
                  aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney General
                  John Mitchell and former assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian,
                  were indicted on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice in
                  connection with the Watergate break-in. They were convicted the
                  following January, although Mardian's conviction was later reversed.
                - In 1781, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of
                  Confederation.
                - In 1790, Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
                - In 1845, President Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex
                  the Republic of Texas.
                - In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.
                - In 1872, Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
                - In 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped
                  from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. The baby's remains were
                  found the following May.
                - In 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of
                  the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
                - In 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
                - In 1967, Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York, accused of
                  misconduct, was denied his seat in the 90th Congress. The Supreme
                  Court ruled in 1969 that Powell had to be seated.
                - Ten years ago: The Senate overwhelmingly approved Dr. Louis W.
                  Sullivan to be secretary of health and human services and Adm. James
                  D. Watkins to be secretary of energy.
                - Five years ago: Falling four votes shy of a two-thirds majority, the
                  Senate rejected a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. A
                  Lebanese immigrant opened fire on a van of Hasidic students on New
                  York's Brooklyn Bridge, killing one. At the 36th annual Grammy
                  Awards, Whitney Houston won best female pop vocalist and record of
                  the year for "I Will Always Love You;" "The Bodyguard" won album of
                  the year.
                - One year ago: In Germany, Lower Saxony Governor Gerhard Schroeder
                  won a sweeping re-election that paved the way for his successful
                  campaign to oust Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Actor Robert Clary is 73.
                - Singer Harry Belafonte is 72.
                - Former U.S. Solicitor General Robert H. Bork is 72.
                - Actor Robert Conrad is 64.
                - Author Judith Rossner is 64.
                - Rock singer Mike D'Abo (Manfred Mann) is 55.
                - Sen. John Breaux, D-La., is 55.
                - Rock singer Roger Daltrey is 55.
                - Actor Dirk Benedict is 54.
                - Actor Alan Thicke is 52.
                - Actor-director Ron Howard is 45.
                - Actress Catherine Bach is 45.
                - Country singer Janis Gill (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 45.
                - Actor Tim Daly is 43.
                - Singer-musician Jon Carroll is 42.
                - Rock musician Bill Leen is 37.
                - Actor John David Cullum is 33.
                - Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 25.