By The Associated Press
                       - Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 1999. There are 290 days
                         left in the year.

                       - On March 16, 1802, Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S.
                         Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
                       - In 1751, James Madison, fourth president of the U.S., was born.
                       - In 1836, the Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
                       - In 1915, the Federal Trade Commission was organized.
                       - In 1935, Adolf Hitler scrapped the Treaty of Versailles.
                       - In 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima was declared secured by the
                         Allies.
                       - In 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre was carried out
                         by U.S. troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr.
                       - In 1969, "1776," a musical about the writing of the Declaration of
                         Independence, opened on Broadway.
                       - In 1978, Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by left-wing
                         urban guerrillas, who later murdered him.
                       - In 1991, Americans Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding and Nancy
                         Kerrigan swept the World Figure Skating Championships in Munich,
                         Germany.
                       - Ten years ago: The Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee
                         approved sweeping agricultural reforms and elected the party's 100
                         members to the Congress of People's Deputies, a new legislative
                         body.
                       - Five years ago: Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in
                         Portland, Ore., to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up
                         the attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a
                         $100,000 fine. Russia agreed to phase out production of
                         weapons-grade plutonium.
                       - One year ago: In a long-awaited document that Jewish leaders
                         immediately criticized, the Vatican expressed remorse for the
                         cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, but defended the
                         actions of Pope Pius XII.

                       *Happy Birthday*
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                       - Statesman Mike Mansfield is 96.
                       - Actor Leo McKern is 79.
                       - Comedian-director Jerry Lewis is 73.
                       - Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York) is 72.
                       - Movie director Bernardo Bertolucci is 59.
                       - Game show host Chuck Woolery is 58.
                       - Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is 57.
                       - Country singer Robin Williams is 52.
                       - Actor Erik Estrada is 50.
                       - Actor Victor Garber is 50.
                       - Actress Kate Nelligan is 48.
                       - Rock singer-musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) is 45.
                       - Golfer Hollis Stacy is 45.
                       - Actress Isabelle Huppert is 44.