By The Associated Press
                      - Today is Monday, March 22, the 81st day of 1999. There are 284 days
                        left in the year.

                      - On March 22, 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their first
                        movie to an invited audience in Paris.
                      - In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the
                        Massachusetts Bay Colony.
                      - In 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the
                        American colonies. The Act was repealed the following year.
                      - In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with
                        Cmdr. James Barron near Washington, D.C.
                      - In 1882, Congress outlawed polygamy.
                      - In 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played;
                        the home team Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeated the
                        Ottawa Capitals, 3-1.
                      - In 1933, during Prohibition, President Roosevelt signed a measure to
                        make wine and beer containing up to 3.2% alcohol legal.
                      - In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter
                        in Cairo, Egypt.
                      - In 1946, the British mandate in Transjordan came to an end.
                      - In 1972, Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the
                        Constitution to the states for ratification. It fell short of
                        two-thirds approval needed.
                      - Ten years ago: National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle
                        announced plans to retire. Fawn Hall, Oliver North's former
                        secretary, began two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial
                        in Washington.
                      - Five years ago: The Federal Reserve announced it was raising
                        short-term interest rates from 3.25% to 3.5%, the second such boost
                        of the year. "Woody Woodpecker" creator Walter Lantz died in
                        Burbank, Calif., at age 93.
                      - One year ago: President Clinton departed Washington for a historic
                        12-day tour of Africa. A deeply divided United Auto Workers union
                        approved a new contract with Caterpillar Inc., ending a 6 1/2-year
                        contract battle. Eleven young campers died in a mountain cabin fire
                        in Centre County, Pa.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Actor Karl Malden is 87.
                      - Actor Werner Klemperer is 79.
                      - Pantomimist Marcel Marceau is 76.
                      - USA Today founder Allen H. Neuharth is 75.
                      - Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is 69.
                      - Actor William Shatner is 68.
                      - Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is 65.
                      - Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 64.
                      - Singer-guitarist George Benson is 56.
                      - Singer Jeremy Clyde (Chad and Jeremy) is 55.
                      - Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 51.
                      - Actress Fanny Ardant is 50.
                      - Sportscaster Bob Costas is 47.
                      - Actress Lena Olin is 44.
                      - Singer-actress Stephanie Mills is 42.
                      - Actor Matthew Modine is 40.
                      - Actress Reese Witherspoon is 23.