By The Associated Press
                      - Today is Sunday, March 14, the 73rd day of 1999. There are 292 days
                        left in the year.

                      - On March 14, 1743, the first recorded town meeting in America was
                        held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.
                      - In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an
                        invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry.
                      - In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
                      - In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London.
                      - In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.
                      - In 1923, President Harding became the first chief executive to file
                        an income tax report.
                      - In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening the
                        way for Nazi occupation.
                      - In 1943, Aaron Copland's orchestral work "Fanfare for the Common
                        Man" premiered in New York, with George Szell conducting.
                      - In 1951, during the Korean War, U.N. forces recaptured Seoul.
                      - In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee
                        Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, the
                        previous November.
                      - In 1965, Israel's cabinet formally approved establishing diplomatic
                        relations with West Germany.
                      - In 1967, the body of President Kennedy was moved from a temporary
                        grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.
                      - Ten years ago: In a policy shift, the Bush administration announced
                        an indefinite ban on imports of semiautomatic assault rifles.
                      - Five years ago: Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, a
                        longtime friend of President and Mrs. Clinton, resigned because of
                        controversy over billings he'd charged while in private law
                        practice. Secretary of State Warren Christopher wrapped up three
                        days of meetings with Chinese leaders, who rejected attempts to link
                        their human rights record with preferred trade status.
                      - One year ago: India's Congress party picked Sonia Gandhi, the
                        Italian-born widow of assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, as
                        its new president. An earthquake killed at least five people and
                        left thousands homeless in southeastern Iran.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Cartoonist Hank Ketcham ("Dennis the Menace") is 79.
                      - Former astronaut Frank Borman is 71.
                      - Singer Phil Phillips is 68.
                      - Actor Michael Caine is 66.
                      - Composer-conductor Quincy Jones is 66.
                      - Former astronaut Eugene Cernan is 65.
                      - Movie director Wolfgang Petersen ("Das Boot") is 58.
                      - Comedian Billy Crystal is 51.
                      - Country singer Jann Browne is 45.
                      - Actor Adrian Zmed is 45.
                      - Prince Albert of Monaco is 41.
                      - Actor Jake Fogelnest is 20.
                      - Actress Kate Maberly is 17.