By The Associated Press

                - Today is Friday, March 5, the 64th day of 1999. There are 301
                  days left in the year.

                - On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers
                  who'd been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five
                  people. Two British soldiers were later convicted of manslaughter.
                - In 1849, Zachary Taylor took the oath of office at his
                  presidential inauguration.
                - In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to
                  decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
                - In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party won
                  44 percent of the vote, enabling it to join with the Nationalists
                  to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
                - In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain"
                  speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.
                - In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after 29
                  years in power.
                - In 1963, a private plane crash near Camden, Tenn., claimed the
                  lives of country music performers Patsy Cline, "Cowboy" Copas and
                  "Hawkshaw" Hawkins.
                - In 1970, a nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect
                  after 43 nations ratified it.
                - In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose
                  in a rented bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33.
                - Ten years ago: Machinists striking Eastern Airlines withdrew an
                  immediate threat to picket the nation's railroads, after a federal
                  judge issued an order temporarily prohibiting rail workers from
                  honoring the Eastern picket lines.
                - Five years ago: White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum resigned in
                  the wake of turmoil over the Clinton administration's handling of
                  questions related to Whitewater. A jury in Pensacola, Fla.,
                  convicted anti-abortion activist Michael F. Griffin of first-degree
                  murder in the shooting death of Dr. David Gunn; Griffin was
                  sentenced to life in prison.
                - One year ago: Details of President Clinton's deposition testimony
                  in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case against him were published
                  in The Washington Post, prompting an angry denunciation from the
                  president for the news leak. NASA scientists said enough water is
                  frozen in the loose soil of the moon to support a lunar base and
                  perhaps to one day build a human colony there.

                *** Today's Birthdays

                - Actor James Noble is 77.
                - Actor James B. Sikking is 65.
                - Actor Dean Stockwell is 63.
                - Actor Fred Williamson is 61.
                - Actor Michael Warren is 53.
                - Actor Eddie Hodges is 52.
                - Singer Eddy Grant is 51.
                - Violinist Eugene Fodor is 49.
                - Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 47.
                - Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 45.
                  Magician Penn Jillette is 44.
                - Rock singer Charlie Reid is 37.
                - Rock singer Craig Reid is 37.
                - Rock musician John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 29.
                - Singer Rome is 29.
                - Actor Kevin Connolly ("Unhappily Ever After") is 25.
                - Model Niki Taylor is 24.
                - Actor Jake Lloyd ("Jingle All the Way") is 10.